Category Archives: Canadian Press
B.C. budget funds 3,500 teachers, homes for homeless; hikes taxes on rich
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority New Democrat government says it is starting to build the province all residents want, tabling a budget update that promises to hire 3,500 teachers and buil...
Sep 11, 2017
Marijuana consumers, advocates critical of Ontario's plan to sell legal pot
TORONTO - Clients and advocates of storefront dispensaries say buying marijuana exclusively from stores regulated by Ontario’s provincial government will mean fewer options for medicinal users, ...
Sep 11, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Sept. 11
Six stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 11 --- CANADA LOOKS AT HELPING HURRICANE VICTIMS The federal government is sending a team to the Caribbean to determine how it can help the region cope with t...
Sep 11, 2017
Federal government sends team to determine how Canada can help hurricane victims
TORONTO - The Canadian government is sending a team to the Caribbean to determine what help Canada can provide to victims of hurricane Irma. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the assessment team is ...
Sep 11, 2017
Rule of law lacking in Canada's prisons, segregation trial hears
TORONTO - Canada’s prison system lacks the rule of law when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, a court heard Monday. A lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called the sy...
Sep 11, 2017
Ontario legislature resumes with opposition keeping focus on two Liberal trials
TORONTO - Ontario politicians returned to the legislature Monday after a three-month summer break under the shadow of two Liberal trials happening simultaneously in Toronto and Sudbury. The Liberal go...
Sep 11, 2017
Advance voting begins in closely fought New Zealand election
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Advance voting began Monday for New Zealand’s general election, which could see a change of government in the South Pacific nation for the first time in nine years. Ele...
Sep 11, 2017
TV correspondents face danger they told others to avoid
NEW YORK - It’s a paradox of hurricane coverage: people on television spend days warning the public to get out of harm’s way, then station their correspondents squarely in the middle of ho...
Sep 11, 2017
Irma lost some oomph over Cuba before its assault on Florida
Before crashing into Florida, Hurricane Irma set all sorts of records for brute strength as it flattened Caribbean islands and swamped the Florida Keys. Irma’s assault - so soon after HarveyR...
Sep 11, 2017
Aircraft carrier is rushed to the hurricane-battered Keys
MIAMI - Authorities sent an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships to help with search-and-rescue operations in Florida on Monday as a flyover of the hurricane-battered Keys yielded what the governor s...
Sep 11, 2017