Category Archives: Canadian Press
French economy minister files lawsuit against Amazon
PARIS - French economy minister Bruno Le Maire has launched a lawsuit against American e-commerce giant Amazon for imposing unfair commercial relationships to suppliers in the country. The legal actio...
Dec 18, 2017
Tokyo's baby panda appears before selected guests, media
TOKYO - A baby panda made a special appearance Monday before Tokyo’s governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one day ahead of its official public debut, and quickly captured thei...
Dec 18, 2017
Fire kills 12 snack shop workers in India
NEW DELHI - An overnight fire in Mumbai killed 12 sleeping workers early Monday at a small shop that made and sold fried snacks, Indian media said. One survivor, 28-year-old Tushar Pawar, told The Ass...
Dec 18, 2017
EU opens probe into Ikea over Dutch tax rulings
BRUSSELS - The European Union is opening an in-depth probe into Ikea’s taxation model in the Netherlands, its latest effort to go after sweetheart deals for big multinationals. The European Comm...
Dec 18, 2017
'Case not made' for Liberal bill's problematic cyberspy powers, researchers say
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s ill-defined plan to give Canada’s cyberspy agency wide-ranging powers to go on the attack against threats could trample civil liberties, warns a newly rel...
Dec 18, 2017
Hollywood star John Travolta woos audiences in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Hollywood star John Travolta has wooed fans during a visit to Saudi Arabia, where authorities have said that commercial cinemas will reopen next year after more than a three-dec...
Dec 18, 2017
In the news today, Dec. 18
Four stories in the news for Monday, Dec. 18 --- POLICE RELEASE CAUSE OF DEATH IN SHERMAN CASE Toronto police say autopsies have revealed that Barry Sherman, 75 and his wife Honey, 70 died from “...
Dec 18, 2017
Screen industry willing to weather job storm to end sexual misconduct
TORONTO - When Kelowna, B.C., animator Jeff Saamanen recently heard that a Louis C.K. series he was hired for had been shelved due to the comedian’s admissions of sexual misconduct, he was confl...
Dec 18, 2017
Silent Santa lets kids with autism meet Santa without distractions
EDMONTON - When Santa greeted seven-year-old Kalen Boodhoo during a special photo session for children with autism at Londonderry Mall in Edmonton, he didn’t boom a hearty “Ho! Ho! Ho!R...
Dec 18, 2017
'Resilient, but tired:' Mental effects of wildfire lingering in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Firefighter Mark Stephenson says he can’t drive through Fort McMurray without being brought back to May 2016. That’s when, in the thick of battling a ferocious wildf...
Dec 18, 2017