Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey fourth at World Cup
TOBLACH, Italy - Canada’s Alex Harvey finished two seconds short of his first World Cup podium of the season on Saturday, taking fourth place in the men’s 15-kilometre race Harvey put toge...
Dec 16, 2017
Ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright charged with murder in 2010 death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been charged in his slaying, more than seven years after his body was found in a field in his hometown of Memphis. Memphis Police ...
Dec 16, 2017
Hydro One releases names of four employees killed in eastern Ontario helicopter crash
Best friends, soulmates, fiancees and boyfriends: that’s how friends and family are remembering some of the four Ontario utility workers who were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Ontario ...
Dec 16, 2017
Change to CPP death benefit panned as insufficient to cover funeral costs
OTTAWA - A change to the Canada Pension Plan to provide a flat-rate death benefit to help low-income families cover funeral costs falls short of what funeral homes say is needed to cover the cost of a...
Dec 16, 2017
Tax on pot, cleaner fuel and sexual assault: how politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill’s busiest social week of the year started with Liberals basking in byelection victories and culminated in a celebration of the Supreme Court’s chief justice, who i...
Dec 16, 2017
Tax bill boosts oil, gas drilling - and renewable energy
WASHINGTON - The Republicans’ tax package would boost traditional forms of energy such as oil and gas while also supporting renewable energy such as wind and solar power - and even extend a hand...
Dec 16, 2017
'This is happening': GOP revels in all-but-certain tax deal
WASHINGTON - Republicans working to execute their first major legislative achievement of Donald Trump’s presidency appear to have secured the votes to pass a massive tax overhaul that Trump hope...
Dec 16, 2017
Rules protecting coal miners' dust exposure up for review
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three years after the Obama administration lowered the allowable limits for miners’ exposure to coal dust, the Trump administration has brought the standards up for review. F...
Dec 16, 2017
Major media players start commission for sexual misconduct
LOS ANGELES - The biggest figures and institutions in entertainment have established a commission to be chaired by Anita Hill that intends to combat sexual misconduct and inequality in the industry in...
Dec 16, 2017
Egypt reopens ancient library in Sinai after renovations
ST. CATHERINE’S, Egypt - Egypt reopened on Saturday an ancient library which holds thousands of centuries-old religious and historical manuscripts at the famed St. Catherine Monastery, a UNESCO ...
Dec 16, 2017