Category Archives: Canadian Press
N.S. premier hopes for a common Atlantic minimum wage as early as next spring
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says he hopes the Atlantic provinces can land on a common minimum wage as early as next spring - but he maintains the goal will not be $15 an hour. Stephen McNeil...
Apr 3, 2018
Canada's Gushue getting a feel for Vegas, on and off the curling ice
Las Vegas has been a lesson in adaptation for Brad Gushue’s curling team. Gushue and teammates seemed to hit their stride Tuesday at the men’s world curling championships with a pair of wi...
Apr 3, 2018
Symbolic NAFTA win possible, but hard work is nowhere near done: trade insiders
OTTAWA - Trade insiders say a token win on NAFTA may soon be possible - but the substantive work is nowhere near complete. A report by Bloomberg this week said the White House wants leaders from Canad...
Apr 3, 2018
Man who threw banana peel at Dave Chappelle sues comedian
SANTA FE, N.M. - A man who threw a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a 2015 performance in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is suing the comedian and a man presumed to be his bodyguard. Christian Englander...
Apr 3, 2018
Better safeguards, compensation coming for residents of B.C. trailer parks
PENTICTON, B.C. - British Columbia wants to make it harder to evict trailer park residents and give them more protection from redevelopment under proposed legislative changes. The government also want...
Apr 3, 2018
Auditor again flags pension fund for military reservists as 'problematic'
OTTAWA - A pension fund for Canadian military reservists is once again being flagged by Canada’s auditor general as being “problematic.” In a recent commentary on the federal governm...
Apr 3, 2018
US suspects cellphone spying devices in DC
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cel...
Apr 3, 2018
B.C. researcher's identification of scorpionfly shows Canada-Russia connection
VANCOUVER - It seems Canada and Russia have a prehistoric connection of the “beautiful” but “cockroachy” kind involving a 53-million-year-old insect fossil called a scorpionfly...
Apr 3, 2018
City councillor wants Montreal police force to allow turbans and hijabs
MONTREAL - A longtime city councillor does not believe his call for the Montreal police force to allow officers to wear turbans and hijabs will reignite debate over the sensitive issue of reasonable a...
Apr 3, 2018
Many North Dakota GOP delegates repaying fees
BISMARCK, N.D. - “Dozens and dozens” of North Dakota Republican delegates have reimbursed the party for registration fees paid for them to attend this weekend’s state convention, the...
Apr 3, 2018