Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mistrial in Nevada standoff is latest defeat for prosecutors
LAS VEGAS - A U.S. judge in Nevada dealt another defeat Wednesday to federal prosecutors trying to punish leaders of armed standoffs meant to oppose federal authority over vast swaths of land in the A...
Dec 20, 2017
Prime minister, premier and Toronto mayor set to attend Shermans' memorial
TORONTO - Dignitaries including the prime minister are expected to attend a memorial service on Thursday for billionaire philanthropist couple Barry and Honey Sherman, who were found dead in their Tor...
Dec 20, 2017
School ditches online learning program after parents revolt
CHESHIRE, Conn. - The fast-growing online platform was built with help from Facebook engineers and designed to help students learn at their own speed. But it’s been dropped because parents in th...
Dec 20, 2017
U.S. passes landmark tax bill: What it means and what it does to Canada
WASHINGTON - In the dying hours of debate, as the United States prepared to pass its most far-reaching tax reform in decades - touching health care, the economy, and the national debt - one senator me...
Dec 20, 2017
Germany: Man suspected of planning attack as IS member
BERLIN - German police arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State group and planning an attack with a vehicle, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The man, a German...
Dec 20, 2017
Defending champion Canada names Spengler Cup roster as Olympics loom
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has named its 20-man roster for the 2016 Spengler Cup hockey tournament. Canada will enter this year’s event in Davos, Switzerland looking for its third title in a row, a...
Dec 20, 2017
Competitors and critics agree Barry Sherman will be tough to replace at Apotex
Rivals and critics of Canada’s largest drug maker believe that Apotex Inc. will have a tough time replacing Barry Sherman, its fiercely competitive chairman and founder. The 75-year-old billiona...
Dec 20, 2017
Trudeau becomes first prime minister found in violation of ethics law
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau, who came into office vowing to set the gold standard for transparency and ethical behaviour, became Wednesday the first prime minister found to have violated federal conflict ...
Dec 20, 2017
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says he intends to run for third term
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has made no secret of the fact he likes his job - and now he’s making it clear that he wants to stick around for a third term. In a year-end intervie...
Dec 20, 2017
Thirty years after Morgentaler ruling, 'we have a long way to go as a country'
It’s 1979. A 20-year-old student misses her period. “I was in my third year of university. I used oral contraceptives but I got pregnant,” the woman, now in her late 50s, said in a r...
Dec 20, 2017