Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds set to give parliamentary budget watchdog more teeth, greater reach
OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to give the parliamentary budget watchdog and the national statistics office their independence from political meddling. The government signalled in its fa...
Nov 1, 2016
Cosby lawyers say comedian is too blind to defend himself
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s eyesight has deteriorated to the point where he cannot identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise help with his defence, his lawyers said Wednesday as they ...
Nov 1, 2016
Elections Yukon seeks RCMP probe of alleged Election Act violation
WHITEHORSE - Elections Yukon has asked the RCMP to investigate a possible offence under the Elections Act just a week before voters in the territory head to the polls in a general election. The non-pa...
Nov 1, 2016
Defence minister to visit Mali as Liberals debate where to send peacekeepers
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will travel to Mali and Senegal later this week as the Liberal government considers where to send hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers. The stop in Mali is notewor...
Nov 1, 2016
Transcript of 911 call: 'There's a python that got out and killed the two kids'
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - The following is a transcript of the 911 call made by Jean-Claude Savoie after a python killed two sleeping boys in his apartment above Reptile Ocean, a pet store he owned in Campb...
Nov 1, 2016
By the Numbers: A look at Alberta's rising emissions from the oilsands
CALGARY - The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday that would cap annual emissions from the oilsands industry to 100 megatonnes. Here’s a look at how emissions from the oilsands hav...
Nov 1, 2016
Saskatchewan First Nation wants to hear from girls to thwart suicide crisis
LA RONGE, Sask. - The leader of a Saskatchewan First Nation says people are struggling to understand why so many young indigenous girls are killing themselves. Since the middle of October, six girls b...
Nov 1, 2016
Claimer Calgary Cat has provided huge dividends for trainer Kevin Attard
He’s a definite longshot but trainer Kevin Attard believes Calgary Cat has earned the right to compete against the world’s best thoroughbreds. The six-year-old will run Saturday in the $1-...
Nov 1, 2016
Alberta introduces bill to cap oilsands emissions at 100 megatonnes a year
EDMONTON - The legal rubber has hit the road on Alberta’s promise to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands - the engine of the province’s economy. Environment Minister Shannon Phi...
Nov 1, 2016
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 1 MORNEAU SAYS DEBT TO RISE BY BILLIONS: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the country is on track to pile another $31.8 billion onto the national debt...
Nov 1, 2016