Category Archives: Canadian Press
After backlash, Amazon to boost pay for longtime workers
NEW YORK - Amazon, facing a backlash from longtime warehouse employees who say its $15 hourly minimum wage wouldn’t benefit them, will provide a bigger raise to those workers. The company said W...
Oct 10, 2018
Refinery near national park avoids potential big roadblock
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota regulators decided Wednesday that they don’t have authority to wade into a dispute over the site of an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National...
Oct 10, 2018
Finally time to fight for UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway and Brian Ortega
TORONTO - Brian (T-City) Ortega has been waiting for a shot at UFC featherweight champion Max (Blessed) Holloway for months. “It feels like it’s been on my calendar since March 3. And it h...
Oct 10, 2018
EU says Brexit deal 'within reach' but work remains
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator said Wednesday that an agreement on Britain’s exit “is within reach,” if negotiations make progress before a summit next...
Oct 10, 2018
Kelowna and Edmonton set to be 'hot spots' in cannabis real estate: RE/MAX
TORONTO - Two cities in Western Canada have been named the next commercial real estate “hot spots” for the cannabis market, according to a report. Real estate firm RE/Max Commercial says t...
Oct 10, 2018
Canadian Club sends notice barring reporters from Stephen Harper speech
OTTAWA - The news media has been uninvited to a speech by Stephen Harper on Thursday, underscoring the apparent antipathy the former prime minister continues to harbour in private life towards the Can...
Oct 10, 2018
Thundering Blue early favourite at Pattison Canadian International
TORONTO - Johnny Bear has defied the odds before. The seven-year-old Ontario-bred gelding is the co-fourth choice at early 8/1 odds for the $800,000 Pattison Canadian International turf race Saturday ...
Oct 10, 2018
Canada can avoid offending U.S. by pursuing sectoral trade with China: report
OTTAWA - Dozens of experts are urging Canada to choose a surgical, sector-by-sector approach when it comes to expanding its trading relationship with China rather than a sweeping free trade deal that ...
Oct 10, 2018
Montreal police can smoke pot on personal time, must show up to work 'fit for duty'
Montreal police will be allowed to smoke cannabis during their time off as long as they show up to work “fit for duty,” according to the city’s new marijuana policy, which is one of ...
Oct 10, 2018
Ontario government to allow Sikhs to ride motorcycles without helmets
TORONTO - Ontario will soon allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride motorcycles without helmets, joining three other provinces in providing the exemption. The Progressive Conservative government said Wedne...
Oct 10, 2018