Category Archives: Canadian Press
Siblings charged in sweeping immigration probe on Prince Edward Island
After a sweeping immigration probe, two Charlottetown hoteliers have been charged with helping set up fake addresses for Chinese immigrants who entered Prince Edward Island under a business program th...
May 08, 2018
NDP MP who called out colleague suspended amid sex misconduct allegations
OTTAWA - Less than a week after her own allegations got a fellow MP kicked out of the NDP caucus, Christine Moore found herself suspended from party duties Tuesday amid allegations of inappropriate se...
May 08, 2018
Finding his way: Transformed Prince Harry ready to marry
LONDON - It was a statement that confirmed Prince Harry’s burgeoning maturity and his iron determination to struggle for what he cherishes and believes in. Ready to fight for his right to lead a...
May 08, 2018
Drug supply firm execs say they didn't cause opioids crisis
WASHINGTON - Top executives of the nation’s leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn’t help cause the nation’s deadly opioid epi...
May 08, 2018
911 callers reported seeing military plane fall from sky
SAVANNAH, Ga. - In frantic calls to 911, witnesses reported a fiery tragedy that dropped suddenly from above: a military cargo plane, one of its engines apparently not working, crashing nose-first ont...
May 08, 2018
Mortgage rate increases at Big Six banks could trigger rise in qualifying rate
TORONTO - Canada’s Big Six banks have all increased their benchmark fixed-rate mortgage rate, a move analysts say could trigger a rise in the Bank of Canada’s qualifying mortgage rate as e...
May 08, 2018
Raptors clean out lockers after yet another playoff disappointment
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry called it a wasted season. DeMar DeRozan said it was the low point of his NBA career. The Toronto Raptors headed into a off-season of uncertainty Tuesday after suffering another e...
May 08, 2018
Families, survivors 'disrespected' by inquiry's woes, say Indigenous women
OTTAWA - A prominent Aboriginal women’s group is giving more dismal grades to Canada’s national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, saying it lacks transparency, focus and ...
May 08, 2018
Judge dismisses Sandy Hook parents' lawsuit over security
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut judge has cited government immunity in dismissing a lawsuit by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre against the town and...
May 08, 2018
La Presse seeking not-for-profit structure, pending Quebec legislation changes
Montreal-based La Presse news group plans to adopt a not-for-profit structure, if Quebec allows it to do so, the company announced Tuesday. The structural change requires the Quebec government to repe...
May 08, 2018