Category Archives: Canadian Press
Senate committee amends Trudeau government's signature middle-class tax cut
OTTAWA - A Senate committee has amended the Trudeau government’s signature tax bill to cut taxes even more for some middle-income earners. The amendment changes the tax brackets in Bill C-2, whi...
Nov 22, 2016
Drug users warned after powerful drug carfentanil seized in Vancouver
Vancouver police are warning drug users to be cautious following the seizure of an opioid that is used to tranquilize elephants and believed to be 100 times more powerful than fentanyl. Police said tw...
Nov 22, 2016
Lawyers to make closing arguments in Brent Hawkes' gross indecency trial
KENTVILLE, N.S. - Brent Hawkes’ lawyers conceded Tuesday that teenagers drank alcohol at the Toronto pastor’s Nova Scotia trailer during the mid 1970s, much to the prosecutor’s surpr...
Nov 22, 2016
B.C. WestJet flight lands safely after problem with landing gear forces reroute
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A WestJet plane has landed safely in Prince George, British Columbia, after a potential problem with the aircraft’s landing gear forced it to divert from its original fligh...
Nov 22, 2016
Bombardier signs deal to operate Montreal-area suburban railway network
MONTREAL - Bombardier has inked a deal with Montreal’s suburban transit authority. The Quebec company will continue to maintain the fleet of 264 railway cars and 41 locomotives for Montreal̵...
Nov 22, 2016
Federal Liberals targets children, smokers looking to quit with new vaping bill
OTTAWA - The federal government wants to keep vapour-based e-cigarettes out of the hands of children while ensuring smokers can access the devices to help mitigate the health risks of the tobacco habi...
Nov 22, 2016
Montreal mayor says Canadian Grand Prix will go ahead, F1 race back in 2017
Montreal’s mayor says the Canadian Grand Prix will be back next June. Denis Coderre announced Tuesday there was an agreement in principle between race promoter Groupe Octane and Formula One Worl...
Nov 22, 2016
Times reporters tweet news of Trump meeting as it happens
NEW YORK - Reporters at The New York Times tweeted details from a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as it happened on Tuesday, contrasting it with an off-the-record session Trump held a day ea...
Nov 22, 2016
Thanksgiving in space: turkey, green beans & even football
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, the station’s commander, is serving as ...
Nov 22, 2016
'American Honey,' 'Moonlight' lead Indie Spirit Award nods
LOS ANGELES - Two distinctly American odysseys, Andrea Arnold’s teens-on-the-road film “American Honey” and Barry Jenkins’ coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” are leadin...
Nov 22, 2016