Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds to address First Nations child welfare funding gap, but no dollar details
OTTAWA - The next federal budget will include more money for First Nations child welfare services on reserves, Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott said Wednesday - but she stopped short of sayi...
Dec 6, 2017
Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc to begin treatment for leukemia
OTTAWA - Dominic LeBlanc was on his feet in question period Wednesday, cheerfully batting down opposition queries with his customary partisan enthusiasm - just two hours after announcing that he’...
Dec 6, 2017
Carey and Koe post afternoon wins to remain unbeaten at Olympic Trials
OTTAWA - Brad Jacobs stood by the hack with his arms crossed. Jennifer Jones was sporting a nonplussed look at the other end of the rink. Both reigning Olympic champions took it on the chin Wednesday ...
Dec 6, 2017
Mickey Carroll, reporter who witnessed Oswald shooting, dies
ALBANY, N.Y. - A political pollster and longtime journalist who was just feet away from Jack Ruby when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald has died. Maurice Carroll was 86. Carroll’s death from colon canc...
Dec 6, 2017
N.L. premier wins injunction preventing reporting on documents in murder case
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier has won an interim injunction blocking media from reporting on court documents in a St. John’s murder trial. The documents rela...
Dec 6, 2017
No parole for 70 years for man who killed 3 women in Ottawa Valley in 2015
PEMBROKE, Ont. - A 60-year-old man convicted of killing three women during an hour-long rampage in the Ottawa Valley two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 70 ...
Dec 6, 2017
Quebec credit union Desjardins Group lifts moratorium on pipeline lending
CALGARY - A moratorium on loans for energy pipeline projects has been lifted, Desjardins Group said Wednesday, as it vowed to consider environmental, social and governance practices of clients in all ...
Dec 6, 2017
UK jeweler won't make replicas for Meghan Markle's ring
LONDON - The jewelry maker who worked on the engagement ring Prince Harry gave to Meghan Markle says it’s been inundated with requests for replicas- but it won’t be taking any orders for c...
Dec 6, 2017
Report: Clinton was warned about Weinstein by Lena Dunham
NEW YORK - Lena Dunham claims that she warned Hillary Clinton’s communications director about Harvey Weinstein’s behaviour, the New York Times reported in an expose that includes new detai...
Dec 6, 2017
Then there were five: Search narrowed for place to store used nuclear fuel
TORONTO - Waste management authorities have ruled out one part of northern Ontario as a suitable site for a bunker to store used, but highly radioactive, nuclear-reactor fuel rods. In a statement on W...
Dec 6, 2017