Category Archives: Canadian Press
Liberals try to allay fears of faith-based groups over summer jobs program
OTTAWA - Faith-based organizations are welcome to seek federal funding to create summer jobs for youth, the Liberal government says, but it has not budged from a new requirement that recipients demons...
Jan 17, 2018
Rules needed for candidates' withdrawal: Elections Nova Scotia report
HALIFAX - An Elections Nova Scotia report is recommending the government move to clear up voter confusion around the withdrawal of candidates after nominations close. During last spring’s provin...
Jan 17, 2018
Loblaw, CRA face off in court in dispute that could cost grocery giant $404M
TORONTO - Loblaw Companies Ltd. and the Canada Revenue Agency faced off in a Toronto court Wednesday in a $404-million dispute involving allegations that the grocery giant’s Barbadian banking su...
Jan 17, 2018
Foreign workers sleeping in Burger King basement: Alberta Health Services
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A Burger King franchise was issued a public health order because Alberta Health Services said its inspectors found foreign workers were sleeping in the basement of the Lethbridge r...
Jan 17, 2018
Island Health seeks solutions to discarded needles after three people pricked
VICTORIA - Island Health is taking steps to keep residents safe after a third incident involving a Victoria resident being pricked by a needle. The health authority is calling on its service providers...
Jan 17, 2018
Montreal to chop 4,000 ash trees on Mount Royal sickened by emerald ash borer
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal will chop down 4,000 ash trees on picturesque Mount Royal because they have been attacked by an invasive strain of beetle from Asia. “This isn’t a decision ...
Jan 17, 2018
Solitary confinement rules struck down by B.C. judge as unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - Forcing federal inmates into solitary confinement for indefinite periods is unconstitutional because it puts them at significant risk of psychological harm and suicide, a British Columbia ...
Jan 17, 2018
Drake, Raptors announce Welcome Toronto program, give money to Canada Basketball
TORONTO - Lending his distinctive black and gold OVO style to the Toronto Raptors, Drake is thrilled to be giving back to the place where he started. Raptors president Masai Ujiri and the Canadian rap...
Jan 17, 2018
Trudeau, John Kerry discussed incoming U.S. administration during Aga Khan trip
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talked about the then-incoming Trump administration and the general state of the world when the two of them...
Jan 17, 2018
Cops say officer pushed people at concert, wouldn't leave
PORTLAND, Maine - Authorities in Massachusetts say a Maine police officer accused officers of racial profiling as they arrested her for pushing through a concert crowd and refusing to leave after bein...
Jan 17, 2018