Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bread price-fixing documents won't be unsealed Thursday, Loblaw says
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Loblaw says court documents regarding an alleged industry-wide bread price-fixing scheme won’t be released tomorrow after an unidentified individual filed an application against...
Jan 17, 2018
Katie Couric returning for Winter Olympics opening ceremony
NEW YORK - NBC is bringing back Katie Couric to co-host the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month in South Korea, and will live-stream the pomp for the first time. Couric will work with M...
Jan 17, 2018
Garneau and transportation industry 'cautiously optimistic' about NAFTA: minister
MONTREAL - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says he shares the cautious optimism of Canada’s transportation industry that a deal will be reached to modernize NAFTA. The minister said the sustaine...
Jan 17, 2018
Feds mum on possible Canadian support to new U.S.-backed Syrian border force
OTTAWA - The federal government is refusing to say whether Canada will support the creation of a 30,000-strong border security force in Syria, plans for which have already drawn opposition from Russia...
Jan 17, 2018
Canadian TV anchor Ashleigh Banfield on the reaction to her Aziz Ansari rant
Canadian TV news anchor Ashleigh Banfield says she felt compelled to publicly challenge the sexual assault accusations against comedian Aziz Ansari because the “injustice” risked harming t...
Jan 17, 2018
Teen caught in gang shootout in Vancouver remembered as polite, friendly
VANCOUVER - A 15-year-old who was struck by a bullet when his family’s car passed a brazen gang shooting in Vancouver is being remembered as a polite, friendly boy who loved to swim and was trai...
Jan 17, 2018
Donald Trump's election 'an enabling force' for hate, U.S. scholar says
HALIFAX - Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter may have provided the combustion for the explosion of hateful views, but more online policing isn’t the solution, says a leading schola...
Jan 17, 2018
Overdose deaths and medical responses in Vancouver reached new peak last year
VANCOUVER - The number of overdose deaths in Vancouver increased by 43 per cent last year compared with 2016. The city says there were 335 overdose deaths last year, compared with 234 the year before....
Jan 17, 2018
Rum, vodka, gin: Nova Scotia kindles sudden explosion of craft distilleries
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has kindled an explosion of spirit makers - there are now 16 in Canada’s second-smallest province - through attractive craft distillery policies and collaborations with loc...
Jan 17, 2018
Attacker of Russian radio host diagnosed with schizophrenia
MOSCOW - A Russian radio station says the man who stabbed and seriously wounded one of its journalists has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Ekho Moskvy host and deputy editor-in-chief Tatyana Felgen...
Jan 17, 2018