Category Archives: Canadian Press
QuickQuotes from business on Canada agreeing to revised TPP trade deal
Canadian business sectors had mixed reactions to news that Canada and the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership had agreed to a revised trade agreement. Here’s what a few are saying...
Jan 23, 2018
Vancouver police promise to thwart pop-up pot market in city square
Vancouver police say they are putting an end to an open-air marijuana market that sprung up and grew in a busy downtown plaza, fuelling concern among residents. Police and city officials have said the...
Jan 23, 2018
P.E.I. premier battles Nova Scotia mill's plan to pump effluent into Strait
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island’s premier has come out against a Nova Scotia pulp mill’s plan to pump effluent into the Northumberland Strait. Wade MacLauchlan has voiced his disappro...
Jan 23, 2018

Fire is out after tanker truck and rail car collide in Port Coquitlam, B.C.
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A spectacular explosion and fire, fuelled by ethanol, has been allowed to burn out in Port Coquitlam, B.C. Residents were forced from the neighbourhood, a local mall was evacuat...
Jan 23, 2018
Daughter of Winnipeg couple killed in Jamaica faces hurdles bringing them home
WINNIPEG - The daughter of a Winnipeg couple killed in Jamaica says she is facing several challenges as she works to bring their bodies back to Canada. Debbie Olfert says she is waiting on a signature...
Jan 23, 2018

Legal marijuana shops could boost nearby properties: experts, study
TORONTO - While Ontario landlords are looking to ban marijuana use in their rental units and several municipalities don’t want legal cannabis stores in their neighbourhoods, experts and a U.S. s...
Jan 23, 2018
IOC likes Calgary's legacy, including Saddledome, for 2026 bid: city director
CALGARY - The International Olympic Committee believes Calgary’s Saddledome can host hockey and figure skating in 2026. Kyle Ripley, the city’s recreation director who is also director of ...
Jan 23, 2018
A-Rod again replaces Boone, joins ESPN Sunday Night Baseball
BRISTOL, Conn. - Alex Rodriguez is taking over for Aaron Boone again, this time moving into the ESPN booth for Sunday Night Baseball. ESPN announced Tuesday that A-Rod was joining its crew as an analy...
Jan 23, 2018

Media magnate Peladeau evasive about potential return to politics
MONTREAL - Quebec telecom and media magnate Pierre Karl Peladeau renewed speculation Tuesday he is considering a return to politics. His abrupt departure in May 2016 as head of the Parti Quebecois was...
Jan 23, 2018

Canada's big new trade deal: How it could affect a far bigger deal - NAFTA
MONTREAL - The signing of a sprawling new trade pact involving two North American countries has revealed a rift in philosophy with the continent’s superpower and raised the question of whether t...
Jan 23, 2018