Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa promises to build new treatment plant for reserve plagued by brown water
ST. PETERS, N.S. - An official with a First Nation in Cape Breton believes there is a renewed effort to do something about water in the community that is brown, thick and often smells. Community membe...
Oct 04, 2016
Think-tank predicts losses for Canada's oil industry to stretch into third year
OTTAWA - Canada’s oil extraction industry will have to ride through $21 billion in losses before it returns to profitability some time in 2017, according to the latest estimate from the Conferen...
Oct 04, 2016
Sex after baby: new study offers surprising finding about new fathers
HALIFAX - A new Canadian study that explores the sex lives of first-time parents has produced a surprising finding that could serve as a caution to well-meaning fathers. The one-time survey of 255 fir...
Oct 04, 2016
Mortgage rule changes could lead to growth in shadow banking: experts
TORONTO - Sweeping changes to Canada’s mortgage lending rules could push more borrowers into the unregulated, shadow banking segment of the market, creating a new pocket of risk in the financial...
Oct 04, 2016
World Cup in hand, Crosby happy to be back with Penguins
PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby’s mini-vacation after the latest triumph in his remarkable career lasted all of four days. Sorry, but the process of defending a Stanley Cup waits for no one. So there...
Oct 04, 2016
N.B. rescue crews to try again Wednesday to herd stranded dolphins to open ocean
LAMEQUE, N.B. - Animal rescue crews will try again Wednesday to herd six stranded dolphins out of a shallow waterway in northern New Brunswick, and back into open ocean. It will be a week since seven ...
Oct 04, 2016
Halifax police respond to report of creepy clown at high school
Halifax police are investigating after a photo posted on social media appeared to show a clown standing on a sidewalk outside a local high school. Const. Dianne Woodworth said students at Halifax West...
Oct 04, 2016
Funding in next budget depends on provinces agreeing to health accord: Philpott
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jane Philpott is hinting that provinces won’t get a promised $3-billion infusion of health care funding in the coming federal budget unless they commit to spend it on ho...
Oct 04, 2016
A modernized Senate? Report gives 21 ways to make a 21st century upper chamber
OTTAWA - A group of senators looking at the future of the upper chamber has laid out 21 recommendations for a modernized Senate. Many of the recommendations have been talked about for months, others f...
Oct 04, 2016
After riff, Bill Clinton reaffirms health-care law support
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Bill Clinton tried to avoid muddling his message again as he campaigned for his wife in battleground Ohio a day after he described President Barack Obama’s health care law a...
Oct 04, 2016