Author Archives: Wordpress Admin User
Hundreds protest Liberal refusal to act on Island electoral reform plebiscite
CHARLOTTETOWN - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Prince Edward Island on Tuesday evening calling on the provincial government to use the results of a recent plebiscite on electoral reform to change ...
Nov 30, 2016
Messy mix of snow, rain hits Maritimes, causing outages, closures
It could be sometime Thursday before some residents of New Brunswick have their power restored following a messy pre-winter storm - and there’s another storm on the way. A blast of heavy, wet sn...
Nov 30, 2016
Syrians fleeing government advances in Aleppo shelled
BEIRUT - A series of artillery rounds lobbed Wednesday on Syria’s eastern Aleppo district killed 26 civilians, including seven children, as they fled a government ground offensive in the besiege...
Nov 30, 2016
Deadly storms add to drought, flood and fires plaguing South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Five people were killed in two states after at least 13 twisters damaged homes, splintered barns and toppled trees in parts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, the Nat...
Nov 30, 2016
Syria: Israeli jets strike outside Damascus, no casualties
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria says Israeli jets have fired two missiles from Lebanese airspace toward the outskirts of Damascus. The official Syrian news agency, SANA, says the missiles struck the Sabboura ...
Nov 30, 2016
Trump's idea of 'presidential' diverges from past presidents
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, that most unconventional of presidential candidates, last spring pledged that he would act perfectly presidential when the time was right. “I will be so presidential t...
Nov 30, 2016
Germany's Lufthansa in new pay offer to end pilots' strike
BERLIN - German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it has made a modified pay offer to pilots as it seeks to put an end to a long-running dispute that’s seen a succession of strikes over recent da...
Nov 30, 2016
CRTC, consumer advocates to keep eye on new cable rules taking effect Thursday
TORONTO - The CRTC and consumer advocates say they’re keeping a close eye on the country’s TV providers as the final phase of new basic cable packages rules are implemented on Thursday. Af...
Nov 30, 2016
Energy exports help economy bounce back with 3.5% growth in third quarter
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy slightly exceeded expectations in the third quarter to grow at its fastest pace in more than two years and rebound from a second-quarter contraction. The country’s ...
Nov 30, 2016
Three stories in the news today, Nov. 30
Three stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 30 --- LATEST READING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPECTED The latest reading on how the Canadian economy is faring is due out this morning. Statistics Canada will...
Nov 30, 2016