Category Archives: Canadian Press
Gatlin fires coach, 'shocked' by newspaper allegations
LONDON - World 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin fired coach Dennis Mitchell following an undercover investigation reported Tuesday that appeared to show people linked to the sprinter offering to suppl...
Dec 19, 2017
Canada and U.S. to host North Korea meeting in Vancouver next month
OTTAWA - Canada and United States will co-host a major international meeting of foreign ministers on the North Korean crisis next month in Vancouver. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announc...
Dec 19, 2017
New data show foreign owners make up small amount of home, condo owners
OTTAWA - The country is getting a clearer picture of the level of foreign cash in some of the hottest housing markets, adding more statistical fuel to the debate about how much influence foreign buyer...
Dec 19, 2017
Procurement minister cuts first steel for third Arctic patrol vessel
HALIFAX - Canada’s federal procurement minister isn’t ruling out the possibility of asking Irving Shipbuilding to build more Arctic patrol vessels to address a looming gap in the construct...
Dec 19, 2017
US current account trade deficit drops 19.2 per cent in Q3
WASHINGTON - The deficit in the broadest measure of U.S. trade fell in the July-September quarter to $100.6 billion, the smallest imbalance in three years. The current account trade imbalance declined...
Dec 19, 2017
It's Canada and U.K. v. U.S. airplane giant at trade tribunal hearing
WASHINGTON - In a test case for the aggressive use of trade penalties in Donald Trump’s America, the Canadian and British governments urged a U.S. tribunal Monday not to impose duties on Bombard...
Dec 19, 2017
Officials separate couple after 73 years: 'I listened to my mother weep'
PERTH-ANDOVER, N.B. - An elderly New Brunswick couple bid a tearful goodbye this week, separated just days before Christmas after 73 years together. Herbert and Audrey Goodine gave each other a peck o...
Dec 19, 2017
Canada's approach to carbon pricing ambitious, challenging, says OECD
OTTAWA - Canada’s decentralized approach to putting a price on pollution is overly complex and will be difficult to implement, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says in ...
Dec 19, 2017
Saudis intercept Yemen rebel missile targeting royal palace
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels said it intercepted a missile fired over southern Riyadh on Tuesday, which the rebels said was targeting a “to...
Dec 19, 2017
Argentina leader defends pension reform approved in Congress
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina’s president defended a pension reform bill approved by Congress Tuesday that has prompted violent protests and a general strike, saying it seeks only to benef...
Dec 19, 2017