Category Archives: Canadian Press
Congress OKs $1.3 trillion budget, averting another shutdown
WASHINGTON - Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late obstacles skirted close to another shutdown as conserv...
Mar 22, 2018
Nor'easter rolls into New England as millions begin cleanup
NEW YORK - The latest nor’easter lost some punch as it rolled into New England on Thursday, as millions of people elsewhere in the Northeast dug out from the storm that dumped more than a foot o...
Mar 22, 2018
California storm forces flood rescues but spares Montecito
LOS ANGELES - A powerful storm in California that swelled rivers, flooded streets and triggered water rescues throughout the state is on its last gasp. The three-day storm spared communities a repeat ...
Mar 22, 2018
6 dead, 2 hurt in Czech chemical factory explosion
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - An explosion rocked a chemical factory Thursday in the Czech Republic, killing six people and injuring two others, officials said. Unipetrol, a Czech oil processor and plastic...
Mar 22, 2018
US poet laureate Tracy K. Smith to serve second term
NEW YORK - U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith will serve a second term. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced Thursday that Smith has been reappointed for 2018-2019. The library said that Smith ...
Mar 22, 2018
In the news today, March 22
Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 22 --- SON OF IRANIAN-CANADIAN WHO DIED IN JAIL SPEAKS OUT The son of an Iranian-Canadian professor who died in a Tehran prison says he can’t grieve ...
Mar 22, 2018
Trudeau touts Canada Workers Benefit and budget during New Brunswick visit
SUSSEX, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped in rural New Brunswick Thursday to promote his government’s new Canadian Workers Benefit announced in the recent budget, but a former MP for ...
Mar 22, 2018
Son of late professor fights for mother's release from Iran
VANCOUVER - Almost two months since an Iranian-Canadian professor died in a Tehran prison, his sons still haven’t had a moment to grieve. Mehran Seyed-Emami says it’s too important to get ...
Mar 22, 2018
Baloney Meter: Tories dish out 'a lot of baloney' on Mali peacekeeping mission
OTTAWA - “Mali is a war zone. This is a combat mission and there is no peace to keep.” - Conservative defence critic James Bezan, March 19 The Trudeau government announced Monday that it p...
Mar 22, 2018
Alberta set to unveil 2018 budget, including five-year deficit reduction plan
EDMONTON - Alberta is to table its 2018 budget today, and Premier Rachel Notley’s government says it will reflect a commitment to continued spending and getting the books balanced. The province ...
Mar 22, 2018