Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian humanitarian missing after small plane crash in the Dominican Republic
A Canadian humanitarian worker is among three people missing after a small plane crashed off the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Humanitarian organization Live Different, which is based in Hami...
Oct 19, 2016
Staying in Edmonton: Canadian Finals Rodeo not ridin' away after all
EDMONTON - The Canadian Finals Rodeo is staying in Edmonton for at least two more years of steer wrestling, calf roping and bull riding. This November’s national championship was supposed to be ...
Oct 19, 2016
Hundreds out of work as Enbridge cuts five per cent of staff across operations
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) has cut hundreds of jobs across its operations following a company-wide organizational review. Canada’s largest pipeline operator said Wednesday it has elim...
Oct 19, 2016
Appeal court sides with Canada Post in community mailbox dispute
TORONTO - Ontario’s highest court has ruled in favour of Canada Post in a dispute which saw the City of Hamilton go up against the Crown corporation over the placement of community mailboxes. Th...
Oct 19, 2016
Pay problem case files becoming "more complicated," says deputy minister
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will likely miss a self-imposed Oct. 31 deadline for eliminating a backlog of problems with its new employee pay system. Marie Lemay, deputy minister of Public ...
Oct 19, 2016
US economy grows a bit faster in September, Fed says
WASHINGTON - U.S. economic growth picked up a bit as summer ended and fall began, supported by modest hiring, an uptick in consumer spending, and steady homebuilding, according to the Federal Reserve....
Oct 19, 2016
Gas explosion rocks Portland shopping district, injuring 8
PORTLAND, Ore. - A powerful natural gas explosion rocked a busy Portland, Oregon, shopping district Wednesday, injuring eight people and igniting a fire that sent a huge plume of smoke over the heart ...
Oct 19, 2016
Electoral reform needs 'substantial' support, clamour for change subsiding: PM
OTTAWA - Is Justin Trudeau laying the groundwork for reneging on his promise to make the 2015 federal election the last to be conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system? Or is the prime min...
Oct 19, 2016
Blue Jays manager shrugs off Bautista comment on Indians rookie pitcher
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Gibbons shrugged off the suggestion Wednesday that star slugger Jose Bautista had given the Indians some juicy bulletin-board material by suggesting rookie Cleveland p...
Oct 19, 2016
Guinea pigs in space: CSA announces human health experiment on space station
CALGARY - Astronauts headed to the International Space Station in 2018 won’t only be conducting their own experiments - they’ll be part of a bigger experiment themselves. The Canadian Spac...
Oct 19, 2016