Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ex-Tim Hortons CEO denies giving confidential info from rogue franchisee group
VANCOUVER - The former CEO of Tim Hortons denies he provided confidential information to one of Canada’s national newspapers after the coffee-and-doughnut chain’s parent company commenced ...
Sep 22, 2017
Woman charged in death of Toronto boy left alone in car on hot day
TORONTO - A 50-year-old Toronto woman was charged Friday with causing the death of a child in her care after allegedly leaving him alone in a car for several hours on a sweltering day. While police ha...
Sep 22, 2017
Canadian firm applies to build $10-billion Jordan Cove LNG project in Oregon
CALGARY - The Canadian company whose proposal to build an LNG export terminal in Oregon was derailed by U.S. regulators last year has resubmitted its application for a bigger, more expensive project. ...
Sep 22, 2017

Hefty fines for cellphone-using driver ticketed twice in eight minutes
VANCOUVER - A driver in Vancouver needed just eight minutes to rack up more than $700 in fines and eight demerit points, all because of a reluctance to put down the phone. Vancouver Police posted a ph...
Sep 22, 2017

Ontario signs formal agreement to join Quebec-California carbon market in 2018
Ontario, Quebec and California signed an agreement Friday to create the world’s second largest carbon market, with their leaders dismissing naysayers and predicting that more provinces and state...
Sep 22, 2017

Canadian delegation aims to keep World Anti-Doping Agency in Montreal
MONTREAL - A Canadian delegation heading to Europe will present a strong case for keeping the World Anti-Doping Agency headquarters in Montreal, federal and provincial cabinet ministers said Friday. T...
Sep 22, 2017

Ontario premier says she was misunderstood by Quebec party leader during meeting
QUEBEC - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne contradicted the leader of one of Quebec’s opposition parties Friday, saying he misunderstood their private conversation and shouldn’t have publicly...
Sep 22, 2017
Behind the Invictus spotlight, vets wait for Liberals to deliver on key promise
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join hundreds of disabled veterans from across Canada and more than a dozen other countries in Toronto on Saturday to help kick off this year’s editio...
Sep 22, 2017
N.S. could see some rough surf, gusty winds as tropical storm Jose chugs past
HALIFAX - A weakening post-tropical storm Jose could bring some gusty winds and rough surf to Nova Scotia as it chugs west. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says the system is forecast to drift slowly of...
Sep 22, 2017
Officer on desk after violent arrest of man 'trying to help'
PITTSBURGH - One of five police officers involved in a violent arrest recorded by a bystander and posted online has been assigned to desk duty, and the man he punched during the arrest says he was jus...
Sep 21, 2017