Category Archives: Canadian Press
World shares mixed on worries over more US tariffs
SINGAPORE - World markets are mixed after U.S. President Donald Trump said he might impose more tariffs on Chinese goods, though he said he was ready to strike a “great deal” with Beijing ...
Oct 30, 2018
US home price gains weaken for 5th straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. home price gains slowed for the fifth straight month in August as higher mortgage rates have lowered home sales. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index increased...
Oct 30, 2018
Honda reports rise in profit on cost cuts, healthy sales
TOKYO - Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. reported a 21 per cent jump in its profit in the last quarter on cost cuts and healthy motorcycle sales. Tokyo-based Honda, which makes the Fit subcompact, O...
Oct 30, 2018
WWF says global wildlife populations declined 60 per cent, demands action
TORONTO - Canadian wildlife are not exempt from a “global biodiversity crisis” that is devastating worldwide animal populations, according to a stark new report by the World Wildlife Fund....
Oct 30, 2018
3 Asian nations warn citizens not to use marijuana in Canada
BEIJING - Marijuana may be legal now in Canada but at least three Asian governments are warning their citizens to avoid it, including the spectre of possible arrest for Japanese and South Koreans. Chi...
Oct 30, 2018
Trump targets citizenship, stokes pre-election migrant fears
WASHINGTON - Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. With his e...
Oct 30, 2018
Halifax council takes first step toward stadium for potential new CFL team
Halifax council has voted to take a closer look at a proposed 24,000-seat stadium, the pivotal component of a bid to land a Canadian Football League team for the East Coast’s largest city. In a ...
Oct 30, 2018
Actress accuses Geoffrey Rush of touching her breast
SYDNEY, Australia - The actress at the centre of Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush’s defamation trial told a Sydney court on Tuesday that he deliberately touched the side of her breast in a Shak...
Oct 30, 2018
Montreal hit with rotating Canada Post strike; 6,000 workers walk off job
MONTREAL - About 6,000 Canada Post employees in Montreal have walked off the job, along with postal workers in several other cities as ongoing rotating strikes continue across the country. The Canadia...
Oct 30, 2018
Sarah Henstra wins Governor General's fiction prize for book on campus politics
OTTAWA - Toronto author Sarah Henstra says she thinks her win at this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction signals that Canadian readers are hungry for lit...
Oct 30, 2018