Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ontario technology hubs key for GM Canada's plans for driverless cars: CEO
MARKHAM, Ont. - General Motors of Canada sees Ontario’s strength in advanced technologies as strategically important for its plans for creating safe, driverless vehicles in the near future, its ...
Jan 19, 2018
Vegas gunman studied SWAT tactics, music site before attack
LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas gunman meticulously planned the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, researching SWAT tactics, renting other hotel rooms overlooking outdoor concerts and investigating...
Jan 19, 2018
Blue Bombers sign cornerback Chris Randle to two-year contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed cornerback Chris Randle to a two-year contract, the CFL team said Friday in a release. Randle, who was scheduled to be a free agent next month, will enter h...
Jan 19, 2018
Zoocheck calls for strong message from Alberta on ice-cream-eating bear
A wildlife protection charity says it hopes the provincial government sends a strong message as it investigates a central Alberta zoo that took one of its bears through a drive-thru for ice cream. A v...
Jan 19, 2018
Chief of Ontario reserve says housing shortage worse than ever; PM promises help
PIKANGIKUM, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a remote northwestern Ontario reserve help with a housing shortage that the chief says is worse than ever. Trudeau said during a visit to ...
Jan 19, 2018
B.C. Lions sign Canadian wide receiver Shaq Johnson to contract for 2018
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed Canadian wide receiver Shaq Johnson to a new contract for the 2018 season, the CFL team said Friday in a release. Johnson was drafted in the fourth round by the ...
Jan 19, 2018
Nova Scotia brewery offering a lobster beer, despite some skepticism
MAHONE BAY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia craft brewery has put together two East Coast favourites to brew up something new: lobster-infused beer. Saltbox Brewery in Mahone Bay is now fermenting its first batc...
Jan 19, 2018
CLC head accuses Unifor of leaving lobby group to raid another union
Severed ties between the Canadian Labour Congress and Unifor have culminated in the head of the national lobby group for the labour movement accusing Canada’s largest private sector union of rai...
Jan 19, 2018
Judge: Washington state lawmakers' emails, texts are public
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The emails, text messages and other records held by Washington state lawmakers are subject to public disclosure, a judge said Friday in a ruling in favour of a media coalition led by ...
Jan 19, 2018
Failed fraud prosecution raises alarm bells, calls for clearer rules
HALIFAX - A legal regulator says clear rules are needed for police who speak to lawyers involved with alleged frauds, after a decade-long case was recently thrown out because Mounties spoke to an accu...
Jan 19, 2018