Category Archives: Canadian Press
Season opens in lucrative lobster fishery: 'It's a lot of boats on the water'
YARMOUTH, N.S. - It is one of the country’s most lucrative fisheries - and on Tuesday about 1,500 fishing boats laden with lobster traps headed out onto the water in darkness along Nova Scotia&#...
Nov 28, 2017
William Shatner seeks charitable donation to settle condo dispute
TORONTO - William Shatner says he would like an Ontario condo developer to make a donation to his charity to settle a dispute over the use of his name and image to promote an upcoming condo in Hamilto...
Nov 28, 2017
Canadians want to be freed from provincial alcohol monopolies: poll
MONTREAL - As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a landmark case on provincial beer and liquor monopolies, a new poll indicates Canadians overwhelmingly want to tear down trade barriers to alcohol - a...
Nov 28, 2017
Spring wedding at Windsor Castle for Prince Harry and Markle
LONDON - It will be a spring wedding on the glorious grounds of Windsor Castle for love-struck Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Royal officials - thrilled with the international response to news of the...
Nov 28, 2017
In the news today, Nov. 28
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 28 --- PM TRUDEAU SET TO APOLOGIZE TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will deliver an apology in the House of Commons today for discrimination...
Nov 28, 2017
Privatizing Ontario electricity companies would help lower rates: report
TORONTO - One of the largest chambers of commerce in Canada is calling for wider privatization of electricity distribution companies to increase competitiveness in an attempt to drive down costly Onta...
Nov 28, 2017
Trudeau makes apologies his dad wouldn't for historic injustices
OTTAWA - When it comes to politics, Justin Trudeau has demonstrated repeatedly that he’s not his father’s son - and he’ll do it again today when he offers an official apology for mem...
Nov 28, 2017
'A role for humour in reconciliation:' Walking Eagle satire news site taking off
WINNIPEG - The name, perhaps, is the place to start. “It’s a very corny old joke,” said Tim Fontaine, the man behind a new and increasingly popular Indigenous online news satire site...
Nov 28, 2017
Canadian man accused in Yahoo hack pleads guilty in American court
A Canadian man pleaded guilty in an American court Tuesday to nine charges stemming from a massive breach at Yahoo that authorities said was directed by Russian intelligence agents and affected about ...
Nov 28, 2017
Cops recorded mocking woman with Down syndrome plead guilty to misconduct
TORONTO - Two Toronto police constables who were recorded mocking a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome last year have learned a “valuable yet shameful lesson,” a police prosecutor told a...
Nov 28, 2017