Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada among targets of alleged Chinese hacking campaign
OTTAWA - Companies in Canada were among the targets of two Chinese citizens charged with waging an extensive hacking campaign to steal valuable data over many years, U.S. authorities say. In an indict...
Dec 20, 2018
Allowing municipalities to opt out of pot shops helps black market: experts
As municipalities across Ontario weigh whether to allow cannabis retail stores in their neighbourhoods, experts and consumer choice advocates warn that having large swaths of the province opt out of b...
Dec 20, 2018
Inmate hitches ride with officer, goes back to jail
GREENUP, Ky. - A jail inmate who escaped from authorities and tried hitchhiking along a highway didn’t enjoy freedom for long because the motorist he flagged down was a law enforcement officer. ...
Dec 20, 2018
Canada can hit Paris promise if we switch to electric cars and public transit
OTTAWA - Canada’s current climate-change plans leave it 79 million tonnes shy of its greenhouse-gas emissions targets but Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says most of that gap will be clo...
Dec 20, 2018
US says migrants will wait in Mexico after claiming asylum
WASHINGTON - People seeking asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico will no longer be released in the United States and will instead be forced to wait in Mexico under a policy announced Thursday that ma...
Dec 20, 2018
US charges 2 hackers with alleged Chinese intelligence ties
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials on Thursday said two alleged Chinese hackers carried out an extensive campaign on behalf of Beijing’s main intelligence agency to steal trade secrets and other inform...
Dec 20, 2018
Canadian athletes gearing up for a huge summer in 2019
TORONTO - The summer of 2015 was jam-packed with thrilling Canadian sports performances. Sprinter Andre De Grasse was becoming a household name, racing to two victories at the Pan American Games in To...
Dec 20, 2018
Coerced sterilization reports sparking concern in Canada's medical community
OTTAWA - Reports detailing allegations of coerced and forced sterilizations of Indigenous women are “deeply concerning” and describe serious violations of medical ethics, the president of ...
Dec 20, 2018
Barack Obama delivers gifts to kids at children's hospital
WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama surprised patients as he delivered gifts at a children’s hospital in Washington. The former president, wearing a Santa cap and carrying a sack of prese...
Dec 20, 2018
Former children's hospital CEO 'ready for the fight' in fraud case, lawyer says
HALIFAX - The former CEO of Halifax’s IWK Health Centre is “anxious” but ready to fight fraud charges, her lawyer says. Tracy Kitch and former IWK chief financial officer Stephen D&#...
Dec 20, 2018