Category Archives: Canadian Press
City of Vancouver's "grate" contest adopts, names catch basins and curbs floods
VANCOUVER - In hopes of injecting a little fun into the mucky but vital job of maintaining catch basins, the City of Vancouver launched a contest encouraging residents to “adopt” a catch b...
Nov 29, 2017
Trump reacts to Lauer firing with new blast at 'Fake News'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump quickly responded to the firing of “Today” show host Matt Lauer on Wednesday, saying executives at NBC and Comcast should be “fired for putting ou...
Nov 29, 2017
Egypt police shut down screening of banned thriller
CAIRO - Egyptian police raided a tiny alternative film venue in Cairo last week to prevent the screening of a thriller critical of law enforcement that has been banned, a venue staffer said, the lates...
Nov 29, 2017
Matt Lauer is fired at NBC, accused of crude misconduct
NEW YORK - “Today” show host Matt Lauer was fired for what NBC on Wednesday called “inappropriate sexual behaviour” with a colleague and was promptly confronted with a publishe...
Nov 29, 2017
Trump stokes anti-Muslim sentiment; censured in US, abroad
WASHINGTON - Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted a string of inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group...
Nov 29, 2017
In the news today, Nov. 29
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 29 --- CANADA, U.S. TO CO-HOST NORTH KOREA MEETING Canada and the United States will co-host a major meeting on North Korea to seek a non-military solution ...
Nov 29, 2017
Feds pledge to fund mercury treatment facility in Grassy Narrows First Nation
OTTAWA - The federal government has pledged to fund a treatment centre for an Ontario reserve plagued by mercury contamination. Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott delivered the news to communi...
Nov 29, 2017
Woman behind Stefanie Rengel murder granted unescorted absences from prison
KITCHENER, Ont. - A young woman who sexually blackmailed her boyfriend into killing a 14-year-old girl nearly a decade ago was so consumed with jealousy at the time that she asked him to kill at least...
Nov 29, 2017
Ontario set for last cap-and-trade auction before joining Quebec and California
TORONTO - Ontario’s final cap-and-trade auction before entering a joint market with Quebec and California next year is set for today. The province launched the program aimed at lowering greenhou...
Nov 29, 2017
Airport reopens in Bali for those wanting to flee active volcano
The international airport in Bali, which was closed on Monday because of an active volcano, has been reopened to provide stranded Canadians and others a window to leave the island. The closure disrupt...
Nov 29, 2017