Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge awards Dow Chemical USD$1.06 billion in damages against Nova Chemicals
EDMONTON - A judge has awarded Dow Chemical Canada $1.06 billion in damages against Nova Chemicals Corporation in a dispute over a massive ethylene plant in central Alberta. The dispute centred around...
Jun 21, 2018

AP-NORC Poll: Majority approve of Trump's North Korea effort
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans now approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of U.S. relations with North Korea, a change that comes after his historic summit with that country’s ...
Jun 21, 2018

Israeli PM's wife charged with fraud, breach of trust
JERUSALEM - The wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged Thursday with misusing some $100,000 in public funds to order lavish meals from celebrity chefs, dealing an embarrassing blow to t...
Jun 21, 2018
Ceremony held to mark grand opening of Nova Scotia Indigenous court
WAGMATCOOK, N.S. - Nova Scotia has become the first province in Canada to open a superior court on a reserve that will incorporate Indigenous restorative justice traditions and customs. “We can&...
Jun 21, 2018

Days after buying Time Warner, AT&T launches new TV service
NEW YORK - AT&T is launching a new streaming service incorporating television networks from the Time Warner company it just bought. The WatchTV service, a cable-like package of more than 30 TV cha...
Jun 21, 2018

Reduce taxes, fees to help grow Canada's airline industry, lower prices: study
MONTREAL - A new study suggests federal and provincial governments can help ease some of the frustrations of travellers and grow the country’s air transport sector by reducing taxes and fees imp...
Jun 21, 2018

Alberta runner Dave Proctor attempting cross-Canada speed record
CALGARY - Dave Proctor will soon dip his white cowboy hat into the Pacific Ocean and start his quest to run to the Atlantic in record time. Proctor intends to break the speed record for running across...
Jun 21, 2018

Envoy: Filmmaker on hunger strike has heart, kidney problems
MOSCOW - Ukraine’s human rights envoy said Thursday that jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has heart and kidney problems after a hunger strike lasting more than a month. Lyudmila Denisova ...
Jun 21, 2018

In the news today, June 21
Five stories in the news for Thursday, June 21 --- 10-17 IS THE NEW 4-20 Canadians will have to wait until Oct. 17 - one month longer than expected - before they’ll be able to legally purchase a...
Jun 21, 2018

What makes a beer a beer? Feds brew changes to national beer standards
OTTAWA - Your beer is about to undergo a government makeover. Federal officials are proposing changes to national beer standards that would widen the number of ingredients permitted in a pint and coul...
Jun 21, 2018