Category Archives: Canadian Press
Webster: Raptors have been working to trade into this year's NBA draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have been busy trying to trade their way into this year’s NBA draft. Toronto has no pick in Thursday’s draft at Barclays Center in New York, and while GM Bobb...
Jun 20, 2018
Edmonton Eskimos place Hackenberg, Owens on their 45-man negotiation list
The Edmonton Eskimos have added another unemployed former NFL player to their negotiation list. According to a CFL source, Edmonton has added quarterback Christian Hackenberg to its negotiation list. ...
Jun 20, 2018
Green programs tied to cap and trade in limbo as Ford vows to scrap carbon pricing
TORONTO - With Ontario’s cap-and-trade system headed for the chopping block, several green initiatives and projects funded by the program are also on their way out - and some environmental advoc...
Jun 20, 2018

Canada's first national accessibility law tabled in Ottawa
Canadians with disabilities felt a surge of tempered optimism on Wednesday as they watched Canada table its first piece of federal legislation aimed at improving accessibility for people with disabili...
Jun 20, 2018
Winemaker Norman Hardie denies some misconduct allegations, says "many" are true
WELLINGTON, Ont. - Ontario winemaker Norman Hardie is disputing parts of a report detailing accusations of sexual misconduct against him, while admitting that “many” of the allegations are...
Jun 20, 2018

Unfair beer markup: Judge orders Alberta to pay out-of-province breweries $2M
CALGARY - A judge has ruled the Alberta government’s markup on craft beer is unconstitutional and has awarded two breweries in Ontario and Saskatchewan more than $2 million. Court of Queen’...
Jun 20, 2018

Progress made in modernizing NAFTA will make it easier to trade, says Freeland
MONTREAL - Progress made in negotiations to modernize NAFTA aren’t getting much attention but they will make it easier for companies to conduct trilateral trade, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrysti...
Jun 20, 2018

Death of man on Toronto subway tracks puts platform barriers in spotlight
Toronto’s subway operator has reiterated its long-standing desire to build platform barriers that could prevent deaths such as one this week where a 73-year-old man was killed after allegedly be...
Jun 20, 2018
Spy agency ended right-wing probe just months before Quebec mosque shooting
OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency ended its investigation of right-wing extremism 10 months before a gunman killed six worshippers at a Quebec City mosque, a new report reveals. The federal spy watch...
Jun 20, 2018
CSIS risks privacy of innocent people despite scathing court ruling: watchdog
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has failed to ensure it doesn’t illegally hold on to sensitive information about innocent people, a federal spy watchdog says. In a report mad...
Jun 20, 2018