Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hydro-Quebec looks to Maine as Massachusetts ends Northern Pass hydro project
MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec will now need to go through Maine as part of a massive export deal to sell hydropower to Massachusetts. The U.S. state announced Wednesday it was dropping the $1.6 billion Nort...
Mar 28, 2018
Transcript of letter Alexandre Bissonnette read out in Quebec courtroom
QUEBEC - A judge on Wednesday accepted Alexandre Bissonnette’s guilty pleas to six charges of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder in connection with the shooting at a Quebec City mos...
Mar 28, 2018
Actor Corey Feldman says he was attacked and stabbed
Los Angeles police on Wednesday were investigating an alleged attack on actor Corey Feldman, who tweeted that he was hospitalized after being stabbed. A passenger in Feldman’s vehicle shined a f...
Mar 28, 2018
Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk, a man of lofty global ambitions, dies at age 90
TORONTO - Barrick Gold Corp.’s visionary founder Peter Munk, a man of lofty global ambitions who fulfilled them like few others, died Wednesday at the age of 90. He racked up an impressive serie...
Mar 28, 2018
Cynthia Nixon calls public housing conditions 'devastating'
NEW YORK - Actress and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon has visited a New York City public housing high-rise where she says conditions are “devastating.” Nixon toured the Albany House...
Mar 28, 2018
Violation of trust: Crown wants prison time for Newfoundland cabbie sex assaults
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland cab driver convicted of sexually assaulting two female passengers should serve two to three years in prison, a Crown prosecutor argued Wednesday. Dana Sullivan ...
Mar 28, 2018
Man convicted in deaths tied to 'Real Housewives' guest star
PATERSON, N.J. - A man charged in a double homicide involving a burning car owned by a woman who often appeared on “Real Housewives of New Jersey” has been convicted. Gerry Thomas and his ...
Mar 28, 2018
Fight leads to San Francisco hit-run that kills 1, hurts 4
SAN FRANCISCO - A driver struck five men with his car and fled Wednesday after a fight in a waterfront area of San Francisco, killing one and leaving three others with serious injuries, police and hos...
Mar 28, 2018
Documents show Liberals took eyes ways to tax Netflix like Quebec plans to do
OTTAWA - Federal officials have taken a close look at how the government can make online services like Netflix and Amazon voluntarily collect sales tax, similar to the model Quebec plans to bring in n...
Mar 28, 2018
Survey of Toronto tech firms shows international job applications up
TORONTO - A new survey suggests Toronto-region technology companies saw an increase in international job applicants last year as countries including the U.S. tightened their immigration policies. The ...
Mar 28, 2018