Category Archives: Canadian Press
Gay purge lawsuit settlement expanded to include more people who suffered
OTTAWA - The federal government has agreed to expand the scope of a landmark deal to financially compensate members of the military and other agencies who were investigated and sometimes fired because...
Apr 25, 2018
Quebec Remparts expected to bring back former coach and GM Patrick Roy
QUEBEC - The Quebec Remparts have called a news conference on Thursday amid speculation that goaltending great Patrick Roy will return to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club. Roy acted as part-...
Apr 25, 2018
RCMP executes search warrant in international cyberattack investigation
TORONTO - The RCMP executed a search warrant in Toronto as part of an international police operation that took down what investigators have called the world’s biggest provider of potentially cri...
Apr 25, 2018
B.C. set to introduce pot laws, but years of fine tuning likely, says minister
VICTORIA - Incoming marijuana legislation heralds momentous change for the approach to pot, but British Columbia Premier John Horgan questions if everyone will buy into the new legal system this summe...
Apr 25, 2018
PQ's Lisee nuances comment about fence near Quebec-New York border
QUEBEC - Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee nuanced a comment made earlier Wednesday that he wants a fence built near a Quebec-New York border crossing popular with asylum seekers. Lisee told ...
Apr 25, 2018
Housing providers anxious to hear more from Ottawa on helping Indigenous people
OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly promised social housing providers who support Indigenous Peoples living off-reserve a bigger say in how billions in spending will be doled out, though not necessaril...
Apr 25, 2018
Comcast challenges Murdoch with rival bid for UK-based Sky
LONDON - U.S. media giant Comcast on Wednesday offered 22 billion pounds ($30.7 billion) for Sky PLC, topping a bid from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox and setting up a bidding war for Britai...
Apr 25, 2018
Redblacks QB Trevor Harris prepares for 2018 with new mindset and regime
OTTAWA - While most of the Ottawa Redblacks’ veterans skipped this week’s rookie camp, Trevor Harris was taking reps. The Redblacks quarterback was in town for the three-day mini-camp beca...
Apr 25, 2018
Air carriers urge feds to slow down flight-time limits for sleepy pilots
OTTAWA - A battle is brewing as Transport Canada prepares to unveil new regulations that will determine how long pilots can remain at the controls without a break - the first such update in more than ...
Apr 25, 2018
Quebec town hopeful dismantling of rusting cargo ship will go smoothly after fire
MONTREAL - A southwestern Quebec town is counting down the days until an unwelcome piece of marine history disappears from its shores. Officials say they hope the dismantling of the Kathryn Spirit pro...
Apr 25, 2018