Category Archives: Canadian Press

Federal lawyers ask court to block release of Senate scandal documents
OTTAWA - The government is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to quash an order for the release of documents about four senators at the heart of the 2013 Senate spending scandal. The appeal filed late...
Nov 02, 2017

Canadian lumber producers hammered after negotiations failed to reach deal
MONTREAL - The United States will continue to hammer imported Canadian softwood lumber, but the U.S. Commerce department said Thursday that it will impose smaller penalties than originally announced. ...
Nov 02, 2017

Alphabet chairman concerned about 'wedges' between U.S.-Canada relations
TORONTO - The chairman of Google’s parent company says he is concerned that politics in the U.S. will drive various wedges in the historically excellent relations the country has had with Canada...
Nov 02, 2017

More than 40M fire extinguishers that may not work recalled
DETROIT - More than 40 million fire extinguishers, some on the market for more than four decades, are being recalled because they may not work in an emergency. One death has been linked to problems wi...
Nov 02, 2017
No dismissal of suit over abuse of prostitute's children
DOVER, Del. - A Delaware judge has refused a motel company’s request to dismiss a lawsuit involving the abuse of a prostitute’s children. Tuesday’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed by ...
Nov 02, 2017
German museum shows art from vast trove hidden for decades
BONN, Germany - Some 250 art works that a reclusive collector hid from the world for decades, including pieces likely looted from Jewish owners under Nazi rule, are going on show at a German museum. T...
Nov 02, 2017
Protocol in Asia? Trump to use 'whatever language he wants'
WASHINGTON - When in Asia, make sure handshakes aren’t too long - or short. Don’t bobble names or titles. Stifle the critical tweets. Don’t question the food. These points of etiquet...
Nov 02, 2017

Trump's tweets seen as unlikely to slow New York terror case
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s tweets calling for the death penalty for the man charged in the New York truck rampage could give defence attorneys grounds to argue that Trump has poisoned t...
Nov 02, 2017

Suspect walked off job hours before Colorado Walmart attack
THORNTON, Colo. - A man accused of opening fire inside a suburban Denver Walmart, killing three people, abruptly walked away from his roofing company job hours before the attack, his former boss said ...
Nov 02, 2017
The AP: Trump to announce Jerome Powell as next Fed chairman
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has selected Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the nation’s central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen, two senior administration ...
Nov 02, 2017