Category Archives: Canadian Press

Martin Scorsese, Africa's flying doctors win awards in Spain
MADRID - American film director Martin Scorsese and Africa’s flying doctors are among scientists, mountaineers and intellectuals who received Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award...
Oct 19, 2018

N.B. Liberals say Speaker deadlock will be broken so legislature can open
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Liberals say there will be a candidate for Speaker when the legislature sits on Tuesday, an apparent break in the deadlock that makes it no clearer whether Premier Bria...
Oct 19, 2018

Longtime Leaf Tie Domi says cheering for son Max as a Hab comes naturally
BROSSARD, Que. - It’s possible to have amassed 3,515 penalty minutes in the National Hockey League and still be a gentleman. Tie Domi proved as much this week. What began as an individual interv...
Oct 19, 2018

Bernardo-like sexual deviancy poorly understood, expert says
TORONTO - What drives some people to sadistic violent sex remains poorly understood but Paul Bernardo’s contention that feelings of inadequacy led him to commit his savage crimes is junk, an exp...
Oct 19, 2018

Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case
WASHINGTON - The U.S. accused a Russian woman on Friday of helping oversee the finances of a sweeping, secretive effort to sway American public opinion through social media in the first federal case a...
Oct 19, 2018

ArcelorMittal Canada given up to $49.9 million by Ottawa for plant modernization
HAMILTON - ArcelorMittal Canada Inc. is being given up to $49.9 million from a federal fund to help large steel and aluminum producers deal with the impact of U.S. tariffs. Economic Development Minist...
Oct 19, 2018
Britney Spears returns to Vegas with new residency in 2019
LAS VEGAS - Britney Spears will return to Las Vegas with a new residency next year. MGM Resorts International on Friday said the pop superstar in February will kick off a series of regularly scheduled...
Oct 19, 2018

Saskatchewan must wait until next year for court to hear challenge of carbon tax
REGINA - Saskatchewan will have to wait until the spring for the province’s Appeal Court to hear the government’s constitutional challenge of Ottawa’s carbon tax. Environment Ministe...
Oct 19, 2018
Canadian moose hunter accused of illegally entering the United States
JACKMAN, Maine - U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested a Canadian citizen who they say illegally entered the U.S. and hunted moose. The Bangor Daily News reports the person was arrested Tuesday near...
Oct 19, 2018

Colourfully named cannabis products appeal to youth, Tory health critic says
OTTAWA - Scroll through Ontario’s online cannabis shop and you’ll see strains of marijuana called Banana Split and Tangerine Dream. There are others with the far-out monikers Dreamweaver, ...
Oct 19, 2018