Category Archives: Canadian Press
Owners of Montreal pig named Babe won't be forced to give him up
MONTREAL - Babe the pig can rest easy. The 27-kilogram porker will not be getting evicted from the east-end Montreal condo he shares with his owners and their 11-month-old daughter. Mario Ramos and hi...
Apr 30, 2018
Detroit released from active state oversight of finances
Detroit reached a key step in fiscal redemption on Monday by reclaiming control of its own finances roughly three years after exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. A state review c...
Apr 30, 2018
Remains recovered of Irish Gaelic football player who disappeared in B.C. lake
VANCOUVER - The body of a Gaelic football player from Ireland who disappeared in a British Columbia lake last year has been recovered. The Breaffy Gaelic Athletic Association club posted on its websit...
Apr 30, 2018
Good times ahead for Nunavut, Yukon economies: conference board
The Conference Board of Canada says more than a decade’s worth of good times are on their way for northern miners. In a report released Monday, the economic think tank suggests a rebirth in mini...
Apr 30, 2018
PM sells Trans Mountain pipeline as Amazon announces expansion in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoted the expansion of retail giant Amazon’s technology hub in Vancouver on Monday as he used the region’s record-high gas prices to continue s...
Apr 30, 2018
100 kg of methamphetamine and 4 kg of heroin seized at Toronto airport: CBSA
TORONTO - Canada Border Services Agency says it has made a “significant” drug seizure at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The agency says 100 kilograms of methamphetamine and...
Apr 30, 2018
Will there be a Nobel in literature this year? Stay tuned
COPENHAGEN - For the first time since 1943, there’s a notable risk that no Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded this year. And that’s not because the world’s authors, poets, ess...
Apr 30, 2018
Second Newfoundland and Labrador minister out of cabinet pending conduct review
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A second minister in less than a week is out of Newfoundland and Labrador’s cabinet as the governing Liberals are under increasing fire for how they handled bullying com...
Apr 30, 2018
Liberal elections bill aimed at tighter rules on spending, fake news, privacy
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government wants to make it easier for Canadians to cast a ballot, while making it harder for political parties - or foreign entities - to violate their privacy or persuad...
Apr 30, 2018
U.S. delays tariffs again: Steel, aluminum levies paused another month to June 1
WASHINGTON - The United States has delayed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs for another month, with a late-evening announcement Monday that pushed the internationally contentious issue off...
Apr 30, 2018