Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ottawa spending $12 million to upgrade remote airport near site of 2017 crash
FOND DU LAC, Sask. - The federal government says it will spend $12 million to improve safety at a remote northern Saskatchewan airport near where a plane crashed in December 2017 shortly after takeoff...
Feb 14, 2019
Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
NEW YORK - Amazon’s decision to walk away from New York City could scare off other tech companies considering moving to or expanding in the city. That’s according to experts analyzing the ...
Feb 14, 2019

AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy
CARACAS, Venezuela - A month into Venezuela’s high-stakes political crisis, President Nicolas Maduro revealed in an Associated Press interview that his government has held secret talks with the ...
Feb 14, 2019

Quebec tables legislation to create universal kindergarten for 4-year-olds
QUEBEC - The Quebec government moved towards fulfilling a key election promise today as it tabled a bill that would ensure children can attend kindergarten at four years old. The legislation introduce...
Feb 14, 2019
Israeli spyware company NSO is re-acquired by its founders
JERUSALEM - An Israeli software firm known for its phone-surveillance technology said Thursday that it has been re-acquired by its founders. The NSO group announced that U.S.-based private equity firm...
Feb 14, 2019
Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs
NEW YORK - Amazon abruptly dropped plans Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to t...
Feb 14, 2019
Humbug holidays: US retail sales drop 1.2 pct in December
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales fell in December, posting the biggest drop since September 2009 and delivering more evidence that last year’s holiday sales fizzled unexpectedly. Even e-commerce s...
Feb 14, 2019

Quebec premier wants Ottawa to 'settle' with SNC-Lavalin so firm avoids trial
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he wants the federal government to settle with engineering firm SNC-Lavalin “as soon as possible” in order to protect jobs and the company’s corp...
Feb 14, 2019
Nightmare: Man's car stolen while he's asleep in back seat
NEWARK, Del. - A man’s nap in the back of his car in Delaware turned into a nightmare after the car he was sleeping in was stolen and crashed. Musician Justin Koerner told the News Journal he ha...
Feb 14, 2019
Health agency hunts for Canadians who had surgery at Tijuana clinic
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says at least 30 Canadians who had surgery at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico are at risk of potentially deadly infection. But the agency isn’t sure, beca...
Feb 14, 2019