Category Archives: Canadian Press

China not able to join Canada-U.K. coal phase out alliance: McKenna
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says getting China into Canada’s international alliance to wean the world off coal power would be a huge win, but the world’s most populous ...
Dec 5, 2017

Lawyers: Trump too busy to face woman's defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK - Lawyers for President Donald Trump argued on Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit filed by a former contestant on his reality TV show “The Apprentice” who accused him of unwanted s...
Dec 5, 2017

IOC: Russians can compete at Olympics, but without flag
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian athletes will be allowed to stand on the medal podium at the Winter Olympics - just not with their anthem playing or their nation’s flag rising above them. The In...
Dec 5, 2017

B.C. sets minimum age of 19 to consume marijuana, plans mix of retail sales
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the latest province to lay out its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, announcing that pot sales will be allowed through both public and private stores ...
Dec 5, 2017
Trump science job nominees missing advanced science degrees
WASHINGTON - When it comes to filling jobs dealing with complex science, environment and health issues, the Trump administration is nominating people with fewer science academic credentials than their...
Dec 5, 2017
Alleged PATH stabber Rohinie Bisesar declared unfit to stand trial
TORONTO - A woman charged in an apparently unprovoked fatal stabbing in Toronto’s financial district was declared unfit to stand trial Tuesday, with a judge ordering her to spend two months rece...
Dec 5, 2017
Lawyer: No subpoena for records relating to Trump finances
FRANKFURT - A lawyer for President Donald Trump is denying that special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed records from Deutsche Bank relating to the president. “We have confirmed that the ne...
Dec 5, 2017

Respect for others a key for Supreme Court nominee Sheilah Martin
OTTAWA - Being a good listener and ensuring people know that they’ve been heard are keys to earning public confidence as a judge, Supreme Court nominee Sheilah Martin said Tuesday during a quest...
Dec 5, 2017
Former skier Vania Grandi named new president and CEO of Alpine Canada
CALGARY - Vania Grandi was named the new president and CEO of Alpine Canada on Tuesday. Grandi is the first woman to lead Alpine Canada. She was a member the Canadian national ski team along with her ...
Dec 5, 2017

Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson says New Zealand win highlight of 2017
Brooke Henderson’s victory at the McKayson New Zealand Women’s Open came with more than a cash prize and a trophy. Henderson was given a traditional Maori cloak after winning her first tou...
Dec 5, 2017