Category Archives: Canadian Press
B.C. prosecutors considering criminal charges for Trans Mountain protesters
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Prosecution Service is considering criminal charges against dozens of people arrested for protesting Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. But i...
Apr 16, 2018
Woodbine Mohawk Park to play host to 2019 US$6 million Breeders Crown
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Woodbine Mohawk Park will host the US$6 million Breeders Crown, harness racing’s richest and most prestigious year-end divisional championship series. Last year, Woodbine E...
Apr 16, 2018
Quebec City mosque gunman wished he had killed more people: report
QUEBEC - The man who murdered six Muslim men in 2017 told a social worker several months after the killings that he wished there had been more victims, evidence tabled in court Monday indicated. In he...
Apr 16, 2018
US says California rejects proposed border duties for troops
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected terms of the National Guard’s initial deployment to the Mexican border, but a state official said nothi...
Apr 16, 2018

National Gallery of Canada sets sights on buying 'Saint Jerome' with Chagall sale
OTTAWA - The National Gallery of Canada says a plan to sell a Marc Chagall painting “was not made lightly” and would allow it to buy an Old Master painting key to bolstering its collection...
Apr 16, 2018

8-year-old boy at school slashes other students with knife
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. - An 8-year-old student took a kitchen knife to a central Minnesota elementary school and randomly attacked three other children Monday, authorities said. Police Chief Perry Beise s...
Apr 16, 2018

Calgary city council votes to continue work on possible 2026 Olympic bid
Calgary has pulled back from killing a bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games. City council was steering towards an off-ramp last week, but changed course and voted 9-6 in favour of continued w...
Apr 16, 2018
California governor says scrapping cap and trade would not be smart move
TORONTO - Scrapping Ontario’s cap-and-trade system would make no sense, the governor of California said Monday as he weighed in on a key Ontario election issue. Gov. Jerry Brown, who was asked a...
Apr 16, 2018
Optimism among builders slides for fourth consecutive month
NEW YORK - Homebuilder confidence slid for the fourth consecutive month with steadily rising mortgage rates and sky-high home prices putting ownership out of reach for more and more Americans. The Nat...
Apr 16, 2018

Security adviser says he tried to dispel misinformation about India controversy
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser says it’s the Canadian government’s fault that a convicted attempted assassin was invited to events with the prime minister during...
Apr 16, 2018