Category Archives: Canadian Press
Montreal police say condition of boy struck by car over weekend improving
Montreal police say the condition of a five-year-old boy struck by a vehicle over the weekend is improving. The boy and his mother were struck by a car in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Montrea...
Feb 6, 2018
Jury acquits Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso of breach of trust
JOLIETTE, Que. - The jury in the trial of well-known Quebec construction magnate, Tony Accurso, who was accused of breach of trust, needed less than 24 hours of deliberations to come back with an acqu...
Feb 6, 2018
Donald Trump's trade boogeyman, the U.S. goods deficit, has just grown bigger
WASHINGTON - The biggest complaint of the Trump administration as it seeks to renegotiate trade arrangements has just gotten bigger: the U.S. trade deficit ballooned to its highest level in a decade i...
Feb 6, 2018
Trudeau to face skeptical Midwest students on first leg of U.S. trade trip
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s ongoing effort to breathe new life into Canada’s free trade ties with the United States will force him to make the case to a group of skeptical Chicago students. ...
Feb 6, 2018
Calm returns to global markets but Wall Street set to drop
LONDON - Global financial markets were a lot calmer Wednesday. However, a sense of unease lingered following this week’s turmoil, with Wall Street expected to fall again. In Europe, the main sto...
Feb 6, 2018
Prosecutor: Trump's comments on fatal crash 'ghoulish'
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana prosecutor blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for politicizing the case of an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. and charged in a drunken crash that killed India...
Feb 6, 2018
British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
LONDON - A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than five years inside the ...
Feb 6, 2018
Chagger demands aides keep her in the loop on allegations of sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet minister Bardish Chagger has made it clear to her top aides that if they ever hear of sexual misconduct allegations involving anyone in her office, they need to tell her about...
Feb 6, 2018
NBC looks to make Olympic coverage omnipresent
NEW YORK - Fresh off the Super Bowl, NBC begins more than two weeks of Winter Olympics coverage on Thursday with a new host, some new wrinkles and the hope that its business model keeps pace with the ...
Feb 6, 2018
Agents: Mexican, Guatemalan tried to smuggle Romanians from Canada to US
MONTPELIER, Vt. - A man from Mexico and another from Guatemala tried to smuggle five Romanians into the United States from Canada along a remote stretch of the border in Vermont, American federal pros...
Feb 6, 2018