Category Archives: Canadian Press

Emily Carr University unveils new campus, Granville Island left with vacancy
VANCOUVER - It’s like giant white canvass waiting for students to leave their mark. Emily Carr University of Art and Design unveiled its pristine $122.6 million campus in Vancouver’s east ...
Sep 08, 2017

Video game giant Ubisoft announces $780-million Quebec expansion
MONTREAL - Twenty years after coming to Quebec, French video game giant Ubisoft announced plans Tuesday to invest $780 million in the province by 2027, hire more than 1,000 people and open two new stu...
Sep 08, 2017

'Factory of the future': N.B. researcher to study 3D-printing powered by thought
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick researchers are plotting what they call the “factories of the future” by developing 3D-printing technologies they said could pave the way for the next industria...
Sep 08, 2017

Army commander hopes days of scrounging to train soldiers are over
OTTAWA - Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk is hoping the federal government’s new defence policy means the days of pinching pennies to properly train his soldiers are finally in the p...
Sep 08, 2017
Adult sentence upheld in grisly 1983 murder committed by 15-year-old
TORONTO - A middle-aged man who lived an ordinary life for decades after raping and killing his frail 70-year-old neighbour deserved the adult life sentence handed him when he was finally brought to j...
Sep 08, 2017

Independent Quebec would deal more quickly with asylum seekers: Lisee
MONTREAL - An independent Quebec would deal more quickly with asylum seekers and would not afford them the same rights as a citizen, Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee said Tuesday. The party&...
Sep 08, 2017
Some Grade 9 students to negotiate end-of-term grades in new pilot project
CALEDON, Ont. - A new pilot project at a high school in Ontario will see Grade 9 students negotiating their end-of-semester grades with their teacher, an idea some experts say will help keep the focus...
Sep 08, 2017

Liberal bribery trial hears details of allegations involving ex-NDP MP Thibeault
SUDBURY, Ont. - Former New Democrat MP Glenn Thibeault asked for paid jobs for constituency office staffers in exchange for running in a provincial byelection that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was &...
Sep 08, 2017

Nova Scotia 'GRABHER' licence plate back in court with fresh arguments
HALIFAX - A legal battle over whether Nova Scotia violated the constitution when it ruled a man’s personalized licence plate was offensive to women is expected back in court with fresh arguments...
Sep 08, 2017
Babysitter faces new charge after baby found alone in burning Montreal apartment
MONTREAL - A woman who allegedly left a baby alone in a Montreal apartment that caught fire is facing a new charge of obstructing police work. Josee Milot pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday to the ob...
Sep 08, 2017