Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US East Coast
PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti - Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern tip with howling 145 mph winds Tuesday, knocking down trees and tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, whi...
Oct 03, 2016
Seven stories in the news today, Oct. 3
Seven stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 3 --- LAWYERS BACK IN COURT AFTER FLAWED MURDER VERDICT Defence lawyers and prosecutors return to an Edmonton courtroom today, two weeks after a judge used a...
Oct 03, 2016
A rust-belt fantasy: How Trump campaign hinges on promise of a miracle comeback
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - Here’s what a Christmas story sounds like in a rust-belt town with a broken economy, fed-up voters and a political climate ripe for the nostalgic slogans of a candidate like Don...
Oct 03, 2016
Figures show Liberals set to fall short on promise of 5,000 green jobs for youth
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being accused of breaking a promise to young Canadians with figures showing the government is falling well short of last year’s campaign pledge to create thousa...
Oct 03, 2016
Japanese scientist wins Nobel for study of cell recycling
NEW YORK - Like a busy city, a cell works better if it can dispose of and recycle its garbage. Now a Japanese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in medicine for showing how that happens. The research m...
Oct 03, 2016
Woman who gave water to pigs headed to slaughter testifies at her mischief trial
BURLINGTON, Ont. - A Toronto woman who is on trial for giving water to pigs on their way to slaughter told court on Monday that feeding bacon to children is tantamount to child abuse, comparing the po...
Oct 03, 2016
Edmonton judge hearing mistrial application in Travis Vader murder case
EDMONTON - An Edmonton judge who used an unconstitutional section of the Criminal Code in his murder verdict is considering whether or not to grant a mistrial in the case. Crown and defence lawyers ap...
Oct 03, 2016
Farm groups say they can't get grain transport meeting with transport minister
EDMONTON - The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says the federal government isn’t paying enough attention to concerns from farmers about a report that calls for major changes to grain rail tra...
Oct 03, 2016
Royal visit makes Whitehorse inn 'world's most-popular three-star hotel'
WHITEHORSE - A hotel in Yukon’s capital is talking itself up as the “world’s most popular three star hotel” after hosting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and getting worldwid...
Oct 03, 2016
Saskatchewan's Brad Wall lashes out at Trudeau over 'unilateral' carbon tax
MONTREAL - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall tore a strip off Justin Trudeau while frustrated environment ministers walked out on their federal counterpart Monday after the prime minister promised to uni...
Oct 03, 2016