Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mattis meets his Chinese counterpart, but no new agreements
SINGAPORE - U.S. officials say they sense that relations with the Chinese military, after a rocky few months, may be stabilizing, although face-to-face talks between their respective defence chiefs Th...
Oct 18, 2018
'Some baloney' in assertion Canada's pension fund has highest ethical standards
OTTAWA - “We expect the CPPIB, like other Crown corporations, to live up to the highest standards of ethics and behaviour and that is, in fact, exactly what it is doing.” - Finance Ministe...
Oct 18, 2018
Military to overhaul morale-boosting trips after review finds serious problems
OTTAWA - Canada’s top general is overhauling military morale-boosting tours after an internal investigation uncovered the extent of the problems with a 2017 trip to Latvia that resulted in a sex...
Oct 18, 2018
Black market will thrive until small pot growers and sellers included: advocates
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A short drive away from British Columbia’s first and only legal marijuana store, Bill Semeniuk inhaled deeply from a joint outside an illegal cannabis dispensary. The dispensary...
Oct 18, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 18
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Oct. 18 --- SOME POT SMOKERS STILL PREFER BLACK MARKET A short drive away from British Columbia’s first and only legal marijuana store, Bill Semeniuk inhal...
Oct 18, 2018
First-degree murder charge laid in death of 26-year-old eastern Ontario woman
SOUTH GLENGARRY, Ont. - Police say a Nova Scotia man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman from eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say 26-year-old Emilie Maheu was ...
Oct 18, 2018
Jury deliberating in Calgary trial for parents charged in baby's death
CALGARY - A jury is deliberating whether a couple should have done more for their sick 14-month-old son before he died in hospital. Jennifer and Jeromie Clark have pleaded not guilty to criminal negli...
Oct 18, 2018
First visit to Saskatchewan: Gov. Gen. Payette calls her job a great privilege
REGINA - Julie Payette is making her first official visit to Saskatchewan more than a year after taking office and says being Canada’s Governor General is a great privilege. There have been ques...
Oct 18, 2018
Benintendi, Red Sox hold off Astros 8-6 for 3-1 ALCS lead
HOUSTON - Andrew Benintendi charged in hard and left his feet. Make the catch, Boston wins. If not … no telling. On this night, though, even a ball the Red Sox couldn’t grab went their way...
Oct 18, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB Post-season NL Championship Series Los Angeles 5 Milwaukee 2 (Dodgers lead series 3-2) AL Championship Series Boston 8 Houston 6 (Red Sox leads series 3-1) — NHL Mont...
Oct 17, 2018