Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec-developed mustard seed biofuel to be used in United Airlines flight
MONTREAL - Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight heading to Zurich from San Francisco on Friday will be propelled in part by a biofuel created by a Quebec company aiming to clean up the skies. Ag...
Sep 13, 2018
Cosby prosecutor opposes defence bid to have judge step down
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The prosecutor in Bill Cosby’s sex-assault case is opposing the actor’s demand that the trial judge step down before this month’s sentencing. Cosby’s lawyers ...
Sep 13, 2018
Debate bombshell by Tory leader seen by observer as move of desperation
FREDERICTON - At least one political observer in New Brunswick says the decision by Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs to drop a political bombshell during the first debate of the provincial election ca...
Sep 13, 2018
British Airways flight to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit after 'technical issue'
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A British Airways flight to Calgary from London was rerouted to Iqaluit late Wednesday. FlightAware, an online flight tracking tool, shows the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at 7:20...
Sep 13, 2018
Healthy Milos Raonic returns to Davis Cup as Canada hosts Netherlands
TORONTO - Milos Raonic was not going to miss another Davis Cup tie. Not if he could help it. The Canadian will play in his first Davis Cup tie since 2015 when he takes the court against Thiemo de Bakk...
Sep 13, 2018
Four Canadian rowing crews off to world championship finals
PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - Four Canadian crews secured spots in A-finals at the world rowing championships on Thursday. Aaron Lattimer (men’s lightweight single), Jill Moffatt (women’s lightweigh...
Sep 13, 2018
B.C. drug users question 'exceptional' availability of medicine
VANCOUVER - Drug users who didn’t respond well to a reformulated methadone treatment introduced in British Columbia four years ago now have access to a medication that may work as well as the or...
Sep 13, 2018
Vancouver Park Board considers motion to identify, recognize First Nation names
VANCOUVER - A motion before the Vancouver Park Board could mark the next step toward reconciliation with three Vancouver-area First Nations. Commissioners are scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal th...
Sep 13, 2018
Humboldt Broncos player joins his hometown Saskatoon Blades as coaching assistant
SASKATOON - One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash that killed 16 people has joined his hometown Western Hockey League team as an assistant to the coaches. The Saskatoon Bla...
Sep 13, 2018
Carr, Lighthizer take a pass on G20 trade ministers meeting in Argentina
OTTAWA - Canada’s new international trade minister is taking a pass on a meeting of his G20 counterparts in Argentina on Friday. Jim Carr was recently shuffled into the portfolio with the main p...
Sep 13, 2018