Category Archives: Canadian Press
Number of foreign homebuyers up slightly in Metro Vancouver
VICTORIA - The latest property transfer data released by the British Columbia government shows the percentage of sales involving foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver inched up between April and Septem...
Nov 01, 2017
Dad of missing woman says police took DNA to test against B.C. farm remains
VANCOUVER - The father of a missing woman says police told him his DNA would be tested against remains found on a farm in British Columbia that is the subject of a large-scale search. Darcy Genereaux ...
Nov 01, 2017
Conservatives raise most money in third quarter, but Liberals narrow the gap
OTTAWA - The Conservatives continued to raise more money than any other federal party during the third quarter of the year but the ruling Liberals closed the gap somewhat. According to financial retur...
Nov 01, 2017
B.C. premier says Site C could end up in Supreme Court over Indigenous rights
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C dam project could face ongoing legal battles over Indigenous rights and may eventually end up in the Supreme Court of C...
Nov 01, 2017
Watchdog raids offices of grocery retailers in price-fixing probe
TORONTO - The Competition Bureau says it has raided the offices of certain companies in a criminal investigation tied to alleged price fixing following statements released by some of the country’...
Nov 01, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Nov. 1
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 1 --- TRUDEAU OFFERS CONDOLENCES IN WAKE OF N.Y. ATTACK Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s “deeply grieved” by Tuesday’s terror...
Nov 01, 2017
NWT premier says south has to stop calling shots on northern development
OTTAWA - Northwest Territories Premier Robert McLeod says it is offensive and patronizing for southern Canadians to tell northerners they can’t benefit from oil and gas development because it...
Nov 01, 2017
Floating trash bin installed in Halifax, making its Canadian debut
HALIFAX - An innovative device that cleans trash from the surface of the ocean has been installed at a yacht club in Halifax. The makers of the V5 Seabin say it was placed in the water at the Royal No...
Nov 01, 2017
Nova Scotia 'failing' on environmental project monitoring, auditor general says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotians should be concerned that the provincial government does not monitor many industrial projects to ensure they comply with their environmental terms, Auditor General Michael Picku...
Nov 01, 2017
Only 5% of Canadian tech companies have female chief executives: report
TORONTO - A new report says just five per cent of Canadian technology companies have a female founder and a similar fraction have a woman as CEO, figures which suggest the industry’s gender dive...
Nov 01, 2017