Category Archives: Canadian Press
Thunder Bay, Ont., police probing racist online comments allegedly made by cop
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., are investigating allegations that racist comments posted on a local newspaper’s Facebook page were made by members of the police service. They s...
Sep 30, 2016
California governor OKs sex crime bill tied to Stanford case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two sexual assault laws in response to national outrage over the six-month jail sentence given to a former Stanford University swimmer for a...
Sep 30, 2016
Prairie farmers expected to benefit from global warming by growing corn, soy
BANFF, Alta. - Farmers on the Canadian Prairies are “literally” the only agricultural winners on the planet as a result of global warming, according to an economist studying global food su...
Sep 30, 2016
Liberals call Commons debate, vote on ratifying Paris climate commitments
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will hold a debate and a vote in the House of Commons next week on whether Canada should ratify the international Paris climate accord. The debate by MPs is to begin Mo...
Sep 30, 2016
Federal books $8B lower over first four months compared with a year ago
OTTAWA - New numbers released Friday show the federal government ran a deficit of $2.8 billion over the first four months of 2016-17 - dropping Ottawa’s fiscal position $8 billion lower than it ...
Sep 30, 2016
Judge: Bieber must sit for deposition or face arrest, court
MIAMI - A Florida judge has ordered pop star Justin Bieber to sit down for a deposition within the next 30 days or face the threat of being arrested and brought to court. Circuit Judge Jerald Bagley i...
Sep 30, 2016
Japan approves $1.5b deal for new Tokyo Olympic stadium
TOKYO - The Japanese government approved a 150 billion yen ($1.5 billion) contract Friday to build a new main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a project that has been delayed by more than a year. ...
Sep 30, 2016
New Brunswick government reinstates French immersion in first grade
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is reinstating French immersion in Grade 1, starting in September 2017. The change was a Liberal campaign promise in 2014. “We are delivering on our pr...
Sep 30, 2016
World leaders and his family eulogize Israel's Shimon Peres
JERUSALEM - Former Israeli President Shimon Peres was buried Friday after a funeral attended by scores of world leaders and dignitaries. He died earlier this week aged 93, after suffering a stroke. Pe...
Sep 30, 2016
Obama: Peres won his wars but understood the need for peace
JERUSALEM - President Barack Obama hailed Shimon Peres Friday as a man who showed the world that justice and hope are at the heart of the Zionist ideal and saw “all people as deserving of dignit...
Sep 30, 2016