Category Archives: Canadian Press
Start the clock for Trump, GOP in last push on taxes, budget
WASHINGTON - Start the countdown clock on a momentous two weeks for President Donald Trump and the GOP-run Congress. Republicans are determined to deliver the first revamp of the nation’s tax co...
Dec 11, 2017
Large boom shakes homes near Tampa, cause unknown
TAMPA, Fla. - A massive boom shook homes across Pasco, Hillsborough and Polk counties over the weekend. Residents called government hotlines, and theories swirled online. Could it be military operatio...
Dec 11, 2017
Diphtheria deaths in Indonesia spark immunization campaign
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia is immunizing millions of children and teenagers against diphtheria after the disease killed 38 people, mostly children, since January. Children in school uniforms and t...
Dec 11, 2017
EU rebuffs idea of recognizing Jerusalem as Netanyahu visits
BRUSSELS - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the European Union on Monday to back a new U.S. peace initiative in the Middle East, after President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision...
Dec 11, 2017
Iraqi Shiite cleric urges militias to disarm after IS defeat
BAGHDAD - An influential Iraqi Shiite cleric on Monday urged his fighters to hand state-issued weapons back to the government, following Iraq’s declaration of victory against the Islamic State g...
Dec 11, 2017
Complex questions accompany diplomatic options on NKorea
WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump’s U.N. ambassador recently urged the world to sever diplomatic ties with North Korea, she was sketchy on the details: Should all embassies close? How abo...
Dec 11, 2017
Construction to go ahead on Site C dam, but cost soars to $10.7 billion
VICTORIA - The B.C. government had no choice but to complete the Site C hydroelectric dam rather than absorb a $4 billion hit to its bottom line by cancelling the project, which would have jeopardized...
Dec 11, 2017
Canadian financial companies funding overseas coal plants as feds push phase-out
OTTAWA - Canada’s national pension fund manager is among a group of Canadian companies that are undermining the federal government’s international anti-coal alliance by investing in new co...
Dec 11, 2017
Feds to give provinces 75 per cent of pot tax revenues, own take capped at $100M
OTTAWA - Canada’s finance ministers struck a deal Monday on how they plan to share tax revenues during the cost-heavy startup phase of a legalized marijuana market - but they also kept their opt...
Dec 11, 2017
Canadians swindled out of $1.7M via cryptocurrency scams this year to date
TORONTO - Canadians have been swindled out of than $1.7 million via scams involving cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin so far this year - more than double the amount during all of 2016. The Canadian Ant...
Dec 11, 2017