Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta delegation in Ottawa secures caribou protection money
EDMONTON - The federal government says it will provide extra cash to help Alberta live up to Ottawa’s demands on restoring threatened caribou herds. “We’re willing to partner with Al...
May 03, 2018
By the numbers: New Brunswick's record-setting flood
FREDERICTON - Some key numbers Thursday from flooded New Brunswick: 81: Number of roads and bridges fully closed to traffic. 5: Roads partially closed. $172.50: Amount of fine for driving around road ...
May 03, 2018
Humboldt Broncos tribute concert raises $428,000 for families affected by crash
TORONTO - Organizers behind the Humboldt Broncos tribute concert say they’ve raised nearly half a million dollars for families affected by the tragic bus crash. The Country Thunder Music Festiva...
May 03, 2018
Ex-Wilmington Trust officials convicted of fraud, conspiracy
WILMINGTON, Del. - Four former executives for the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program were convicted Thursday of fraud and conspirac...
May 03, 2018
Territories ask Liberals to redo funding, plans to meet housing needs in North
OTTAWA - Territorial governments are pressing the Trudeau government to rejig how much each will receive through the national housing strategy, saying the funding falls well short of meeting housing n...
May 03, 2018
United Conservative Party denied permission to march in Edmonton Pride parade
Edmonton’s Pride festival has rejected an application by Alberta’s Opposition United Conservative Party to participate in its parade. The Edmonton Pride Festival Society says the party did...
May 03, 2018
'Black Panther' leads MTV Movie & TV Awards nominations
LOS ANGELES - “Black Panther” will get its first shot at some awards show love as the top nominee at next month’s MTV Movie & TV Awards . The global smash hit garnered seven nomi...
May 03, 2018
Winnipeg Jets forward Joel Armia returns to lineup for Game 4 against Nashville
WINNIPEG - Joel Armia says he will be in the lineup tonight when the Winnipeg Jets host the Nashville Predators in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series. The winger hasn’t suited up since ...
May 03, 2018
Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski
LOS ANGELES - The organization that bestows the Academy Awards announced Thursday that it has voted to expel two prominent members convicted of sexual offences, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, from its...
May 03, 2018
Pot plan proceeding apace, Trudeau insists, despite calls for delay
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t backing down from his government’s much-maligned timeline for legalizing marijuana, despite a growing chorus of calls from senators, Indigenous...
May 03, 2018