Category Archives: Canadian Press
Minister appoints former CIRB chair to resolve Canada Post labour dispute
OTTAWA - A former industrial-relations heavyweight has been appointed to bring a conclusion to the Canada Post labour dispute, two weeks after the federal government legislated an end to rotating stri...
Dec 10, 2018
Three's a Crowd: Experts say adding WHL team to Winnipeg would be a challenge
Moving a Canadian Hockey League team to a crowded market like Winnipeg that already boasts NHL and AHL clubs would present several challenges, sports business industry professionals said. According to...
Dec 10, 2018
Omar Khadr to ask for Canadian passport to travel, permission to speak to sister
EDMONTON - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr wants to be granted a Canadian passport to travel to Saudi Arabia and permission to speak to his controversial sister. Khadr, who is now 32, will b...
Dec 10, 2018
Goodale to 'examine' transfer of Rafferty to medium-security prison
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he will examine the transfer of Victoria Stafford’s murderer Michael Rafferty from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security facility - a ...
Dec 10, 2018
Victims of bad lawyers falling through the mandatory compensation cracks
TORONTO - Victims of negligent lawyers in Ontario are being cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars despite court-ordered awards in their favour because the insurance legal professionals must ...
Dec 10, 2018
Ottawa announces new approach to managing aquaculture industry Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is restructuring how it deals with the aquaculture industry in an attempt to bring more economic returns and environmental sustainability to the sector. Fisheries Mini...
Dec 10, 2018
NASA's Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space
WASHINGTON - NASA’s Voyager 2 is now the second human-made object to zip away from the sun into the space between the stars. Voyager 2 last month exited “this bubble that the sun creates a...
Dec 10, 2018
California inferno gives rise to family-reuniting 'Angels'
SAN FRANCISCO - They have become known as the Angels of Paradise. But there is nothing ethereal about them. They are online sleuths who know how to find people, and they have been putting their skills...
Dec 10, 2018
California family finds cat alive a month after deadly blaze
PARADISE, Calif. - A family has been reunited with their cat after it stayed behind during a deadly wildfire last month that levelled their home in Northern California. Courtney Werblow and her family...
Dec 10, 2018
Raiders fire GM Reggie McKenzie
ALAMEDA, Calif. - From the moment Jon Gruden was brought back for a second stint as coach of the Oakland Raiders with a 10-year contract, general manager Reggie McKenzie’s longevity in the posit...
Dec 10, 2018