Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trial told letter-bomb suspect's former lawyer was scared after she dropped him
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg lawyer says she was scared to leave the courthouse after she dropped a client in a civil lawsuit that had been brought against him by his ex-wife. Sarah McEachern says she had be...
Nov 27, 2017
Actress sues Weinstein, accusing him of sex trafficking
NEW YORK - A New York lawsuit accuses Harvey Weinstein of sex trafficking by luring an aspiring actress into a French hotel room and sexually assaulting her. The lawsuit was filed Monday and says the ...
Nov 27, 2017
CNN's Blitzer fights back against Trump's attack
NEW YORK - CNN fought back against President Donald Trump on Monday with a lengthy video showing its reporters in dangerous situations and Wolf Blitzer saying that despite the insults, “even the...
Nov 27, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 27 --- POSTMEDIA AND TORSTAR CLOSING PAPERS: The federal government is coming under fresh pressure to find solutions for Canada’s ailing newspaper ...
Nov 27, 2017
Commutes, education and jobs: Statistics Canada to release last of census info
OTTAWA - Larry Frank knows from experience that commute times in Canada are stuck in the slow lane. And given the country’s shifting demographics, Frank - a professor of sustainable transport at...
Nov 27, 2017
Former Alberta premier Alison Redford lands job advising Afghanistan on energy
CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has taken a new job as policy adviser to Afghanistan’s minister of energy. The World Bank says Redford has been hired as a consultant, but wouldn&...
Nov 27, 2017
Powell, in prepared remarks, backs further slow rate hikes
WASHINGTON - Jerome Powell says that if confirmed as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, he expects the Fed to continue raising interest rates gradually to support its twin goals of maximum empl...
Nov 27, 2017
Tories attack Morneau with allegations over 2015 sale of Morneau Shepell shares
OTTAWA - The Conservatives have opened up yet another new line of attack against Bill Morneau, accusing the embattled finance minister of selling off stock the week before his own policy announcement ...
Nov 27, 2017
Ontario television reporter speaking out about harassment on the job
HAMILTON - A southwestern Ontario television reporter is speaking out about the stream of harassment she faces at work after misogynistic comments were hurled her way three times last week. CHCH repor...
Nov 27, 2017
Most illegal guns in B.C. from domestic supply, province tackles trafficking
VICTORIA - British Columbia is creating a police squad to pursue gun trafficking after a task force report found more than half of the illegal firearms seized in the province over three years originat...
Nov 27, 2017