Category Archives: Canadian Press
Davie shipyard launches new plea for Ottawa to award it second ship contract
MONTREAL - More than 1,300 jobs are at risk due to Ottawa’s refusal to give the Davie shipyard near Quebec City a contract for a second supply ship, a coalition trying to save the facility said ...
Dec 14, 2017
FCC votes along party lines to end 'net neutrality'
In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. The Thursday vote at the Federal Communications Commission wil...
Dec 14, 2017
No jail for fertility doctor who lied about using own sperm
INDIANAPOLIS - Some former patients of a retired Indianapolis fertility doctor expressed anger that he avoided jail time Thursday for lying about using his own sperm to impregnate as many as dozens of...
Dec 14, 2017
As Olympics near, South Korea agonizes over post-Games costs
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean officials have ruled out turning a state-of-the-art Olympic skating arena into a giant seafood freezer. Other than that, not much is certain about the coun...
Dec 14, 2017
Four Hydro One employees killed in helicopter crash in eastern Ontario
TWEED, Ont. - With little daylight at their disposal and a deep freeze setting in late Thursday, investigators quickly scoured the wreckage of a deadly helicopter crash in eastern Ontario. None of the...
Dec 14, 2017
B.C. housing costs mean more seniors could end up in residential care: advocate
VICTORIA - The advocate for seniors in British Columbia says costs for both renters and homeowners are going up while home and community supports are failing to meet demands. Isobel Mackenzie released...
Dec 14, 2017
Fentanyl test strips may produce false-negative results: Health Canada study
OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning that test strips to detect the illicit opioid fentanyl in street drugs may not produce accurate results. The federal department’s Drug Analysis Service undertoo...
Dec 14, 2017
Nearly a year before Parks Canada discovered endangered trees cut at ski resort
CALGARY - It was nearly a year before Parks Canada officials realized that a world-renowned Alberta ski resort had cut down a stand of endangered trees. An agreed statement of facts filed in court Thu...
Dec 14, 2017
Electric cars will be cheaper than gas models but Canada lags in EV policy
OTTAWA - A Canadian energy think tank says the world is less than a decade away from the tipping point at which electric cars will cost the same as conventional gas-powered vehicles. But in a report r...
Dec 14, 2017
Manitoba premier says some rural hospitals to close, be converted to care homes
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister says some hospitals in rural Manitoba will be closed or converted into personal care homes as part of the Progressive Conservative government’s plan to reform ...
Dec 14, 2017