Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta move to cut energy shipments expected to hit more than B.C. fuel prices
CALGARY - Economic damage will extend far beyond the fuel budgets of British Columbia residents if Alberta successfully enacts a bill allowing it to restrict oil and gas exports, observers say. The Bi...
Apr 17, 2018
Toronto man charged in military centre stabbing acted as 'terrorist group of one,' Crown says
TORONTO - A man with schizophrenia acted as a “terrorist group of one” when he attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto, federal prosecutors said as they argued the 30...
Apr 17, 2018
Melting Arctic sea ice may be behind endless winter: scientists
Scientists are suspecting that not enough winter in the Arctic has led to too much of it across the rest of Canada. From Toronto, where ice storms cancelled baseball games, to Calgary where residents ...
Apr 17, 2018
Widow of Quebec mosque massacre victim calls for exemplary sentence
QUEBEC - If the Quebec City mosque shooter gets anything other than an exemplary sentence or is freed one day, it would be like a second death for victims and their families, the widow of one of the s...
Apr 17, 2018
GOP legislative leaders call on Missouri governor to resign
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri’s top Republican legislative leaders abandoned fellow GOP Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday, calling on him to resign instead of continuing to fight allegations that h...
Apr 17, 2018
IATA advocates global approach to data security and commercial drones
MONTREAL - The association representing the world’s airlines says developing a global approach to data security and the development of commercial drones will help to safely accommodate an extra ...
Apr 17, 2018
Saskatchewan premier says his province will also table oil ban bill
EDMONTON - Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan will join Alberta in a fight with B.C. over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by introducing its own legislation on oil exports. Moe says his governm...
Apr 17, 2018
Possible hepatitis A contamination in some strawberry products in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Quebec Agriculture Department is warning consumers to avoid various strawberry products that may have been contaminated with the hepatitis A virus. The juice, smoothies and cocktails we...
Apr 17, 2018
Regulators to require inspections after jet engine explosion
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off and triggered a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines jet. The mov...
Apr 17, 2018
Oscar nominee Baumbach to be honoured at Nantucket festival
NANTUCKET, Mass. - Oscar-nominated writer and director Noah Baumbach is being honoured at the Nantucket Film Festival in June. Organizers said Tuesday that actor Ben Stiller will present “The Sq...
Apr 17, 2018