Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bitumen knowledge gaps too great to assess risk of ocean spill: study
Not enough is known about the impact oilsands bitumen could have on ocean plants and animals to assess the risks of moving it through marine environments, according to a new study. “Basic inform...
Nov 30, 2016
Lawsuits challenge abortion restrictions in 3 states
NEW YORK - Planned Parenthood and its allies filed lawsuits Wednesday in North Carolina, Missouri and Alaska challenging laws that they view as unconstitutional restrictions on abortion. The restricti...
Nov 30, 2016
PC teen sworn in as youngest-ever member of Ontario's legislature
A homeschooled teenager was sworn in Wednesday as the youngest-ever member of the Ontario legislature, but his socially conservative views threaten to make him the Progressive Conservatives’ pro...
Nov 30, 2016
Halifax asks judge to reject class action lawsuit over Africville
HALIFAX - On the shores of the Bedford Basin - where a thriving black community once stood before it was bulldozed by the City of Halifax - lives a man who still refuses to leave Africville. “Un...
Nov 30, 2016
Photo radars to stay on Quebec roads despite court ruling tossing evidence
QUEBEC - Photo radar machines are to remain on Quebec roads despite a recent court ruling that rejected evidence obtained from one, the provincial government said Wednesday. Quebec court Judge Serge C...
Nov 30, 2016
Obama welcomes 4 Nobel Prize laureates, minus Dylan
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama welcomed four recipients of the Nobel Prize to the White House on Wednesday. Singer Bob Dylan wasn’t among them. Obama used the Oval Office meeting to send a ...
Nov 30, 2016
Senators goaltender Anderson takes leave of absence as wife battles cancer
Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson has taken a leave of absence from the team as his wife battles a rare form of throat cancer. The Senators announced the development on Twitter and said Anders...
Nov 30, 2016
Clark says Ottawa close to meeting B.C.'s five pipeline conditions
VANCOUVER - Premier Christy Clark says the federal government is close to meeting British Columbia’s five conditions for its approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, but with those conditions com...
Nov 30, 2016
Defending Olympic champion Jennifer Jones opens Canada Cup with two wins
BRANDON, Man. - Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg team is off to a quick start at the Canada Cup after posting a pair of wins on the curling tournament’s opening day. The defending Olympic champio...
Nov 30, 2016
Canadian railways positive about Trump despite concerns about lumber quotas
MONTREAL - Canada’s two largest railways are positive about the impact of a Donald Trump presidency despite some concern about the possibility of quotas being placed on lumber exports. Senior ex...
Nov 30, 2016