Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Airbnb is rolling out a new tier of rentals in Toronto that have been inspected and verified in-person by staff. A press release from the home-rental organization says its new Airbnb Plus pr...

OTTAWA - Canada is looking at ways to help other countries boost the number of female peacekeepers, despite itself having only a handful of Canadian women in blue helmets and berets. Global Affairs Ca...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s highest court has upheld the convictions of a former teacher who sexually abused two teenage students. Amy Hood of Stellarton, N.S., was found guilty in April 2016 of sex...

OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Erin Weir says he remains in the dark about any specific allegations of harassment against him, despite the party’s deadline for complaints having come and gone. “...

VANCOUVER - Eric Pateman says a new health care tax in British Columbia will add about $30,000 to the annual payroll costs for his Vancouver restaurant, and with tight profit margins there is little r...

OTTAWA - Boeing has been officially approved to participate in the multibillion-dollar competition to replace Canada’s CF-18 fighter jets - though the U.S. aerospace giant insists it still hasn&...

TORONTO - Ontario aims to reduce elevator outages under legislation introduced Thursday that would make the province one of the first jurisdictions in the world to establish standards for elevator rep...

HALIFAX - The Canadian Football League’s commissioner will be in Halifax Friday, for what’s expected to be a morale booster to those hoping the city will gain a professional team. Randy Am...

HALIFAX - Global fishing efforts are so wide ranging that fleets covered more than 460 million kilometres in 2016 - a distance equal to going to the moon and back 600 times. That startling revelation ...

DUNCAN, B.C. - The family of a British Columbia woman who has dementia say staff at a care home removed her cat and replaced it with a robotic stuffed animal. Dawn Douglas has been living at the Sunri...