Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cabinet to hold emergency meeting Tuesday in bid to save pipeline expansion
OTTAWA - Faced with an escalating battle between British Columbia and Alberta as well as a spooked investment community, federal cabinet ministers will gather Tuesday for an emergency meeting in searc...
Apr 09, 2018
Investigating Humboldt team bus crash likely to be a long process, experts say
MONTREAL - The investigation into a deadly crash that killed 15 people in northeastern Saskatchewan last Friday will be a long and painstaking one, according to several collision experts. Retired RCMP...
Apr 09, 2018
Softwood lumber exports to U.S. fall 20% in March amid railway woes
MONTREAL - Softwood lumber exports from British Columbia to the United States plunged 20 per cent in March from a year ago, the federal government said, amid railway transportation problems. Global Af...
Apr 09, 2018
Trump stands by EPA chief as probes into his conduct expand
WASHINGTON - Scott Pruitt is facing new and expanded ethics investigations for his handling of taxpayer dollars and possible perks he’s gotten as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Sta...
Apr 09, 2018
The Canadian Press takes a look at the NHL's first-round playoff matchups
With the NHL playoffs set to begin Wednesday, The Canadian Press takes a look at all eight first-round series. EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION (1) Tampa Bay Lightning versus (4) New Jersey Devils...
Apr 09, 2018
Humboldt Bronco player's organ donation inspires others to become donors
Many social media users say the donation of Humboldt Broncos player Logan Boulet’s organs has inspired them to become donors themselves, with health officials in two provinces saying online regi...
Apr 09, 2018
Mexico: 80 per cent chance of new NAFTA, as talks spread across continents
WASHINGTON - A rush to conclude a new NAFTA agreement could see negotiations spread this week across two continents and more than 5,600 kilometres in a spurt of non-stop bargaining. Officials return t...
Apr 09, 2018
Canada basketball's Paige Crozon playing Down Under for her Humboldt home
GOLD COAST, Australia - Paige Crozon is wearing Canada on her jersey at the Commonwealth Games, but she is now playing for Humboldt. Basketball has taken the 23-year-old to the University of Utah, a p...
Apr 09, 2018
Man who lured teen into sex work gets 13-year prison term
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. - A man who helped lure a 17-year-old girl to a motel for a babysitting job and made her work as a prostitute for 10 days has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Christopher White ...
Apr 09, 2018
Kinder Morgan Canada's pipeline woes hurting investment in Canada: observers
CALGARY - The suspension of work on Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will have a “chilling” effect on overall investment in Canada, industry obse...
Apr 09, 2018