Category Archives: Canadian Press
Efforts to raise tug from mouth of B.C.'s Fraser River paused until Thursday
VANCOUVER - Salvage crews managed to partially raise a sunken tug from the Fraser River off Vancouver on Wednesday before the salvage operation was paused for the evening. The B.C. government said the...
Aug 15, 2018
Gun makers up in arms over Shopify's ban on certain firearms and accessories
TORONTO - Shopify is taking aim at weapons companies by banning the sale of some firearms and accessories on its platform. The Ottawa-based e-commerce giant quietly made changes to its policies this w...
Aug 15, 2018
Mary Pratt, acclaimed East Coast painter and subversive feminist, dead at 83
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - For East Coast painter Mary Pratt, a master chronicler of the wonders and woes of domesticity, a pile of grapes could contain “the secrets of the universe.” Pratt ...
Aug 15, 2018
Federal Court certifies class action lawsuit against obituary site
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class action lawsuit against a website that collects obituaries and reposts them. St. John’s lawyer Erin Best says the class ...
Aug 15, 2018
Smoke gets in their eyes: Prairies feel the effects of B.C. fires
EDMONTON - Air quality warnings were issued across the Prairies on Wednesday as smoke from forest fires in British Columbia continued to waft across most of Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan and south...
Aug 15, 2018
Two Hells Angels arrested in crackdown on alleged drug ring in Quebec
SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec provincial police say two Hells Angels members have been arrested in a crackdown on an alleged drug trafficking ring in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Police say those arr...
Aug 15, 2018
Canadian home sales tick higher in July led by Greater Toronto Area market
OTTAWA - The Canadian housing market is finding its footing after a prolonged stumble in the first half of the year, shaking off the impact of stricter mortgage rules, rising interest rates and provin...
Aug 15, 2018
White House admits error for false claim on black employment
WASHINGTON - The White House has admitted error for its false claim President Donald Trump created three times as many jobs for African-Americans than President Barack Obama. It was a rare acknowledgm...
Aug 15, 2018
Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39
GENOA, Italy - As more bodies were pulled Wednesday from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws ...
Aug 15, 2018
Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while visiting her in the hospital after she had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out th...
Aug 15, 2018