Category Archives: Canadian Press
EPA shuts down 17 wells in Osage Nation after Oklahoma quake
OKLAHOMA CITY - Federal regulators have shut down 17 wastewater disposal wells in the Osage Nation of northeastern Oklahoma following a weekend earthquake that matched the state’s strongest on r...
Sep 06, 2016
Democrats delaying ad spending in Florida Senate race
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats’ campaign arm is delaying ad spending in the Florida race, where Rep. Patrick Murphy has struggled in polls against incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. The devel...
Sep 06, 2016
Trump seeks distance from donation supporting Florida AG
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump spoke to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi before his charity cut a 2013 check to support her re-election effort, but his campaign said Tuesday the two never discussed wheth...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C. government will not reconsider tax on foreign homebuyers, says premier
VANCOUVER - The plunge in real estate sales and deceleration in price increases in the Vancouver area last month were exactly what the government was trying to manoeuvre, and Premier Christy Clark say...
Sep 06, 2016
Government to stop using ISIL, will refer instead to Daesh
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will no longer refer to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and will instead call the group by a different, potentially insulting name: Daesh. Public Safety Minist...
Sep 06, 2016
Ex-Quebec deputy premier Normandeau rips up Liberal membership card
QUEBEC - Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau said Tuesday the province’s anti-corruption unit has declared war on her. On her first day of work for Quebec City radio station BLVD FM...
Sep 06, 2016
Brazil charges IOC's Hickey, 9 more on ticket scalping case
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against a high-ranking Olympic official in connection to a ticket-scalping case that unfolded during last month’s Olympic Games in Rio d...
Sep 06, 2016
World has caught up to Canada in Paralympic sport
RIO DE JANEIRO - When Chantal Petitclerc competed at the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona, her wheelchair races went directly to finals. There weren’t enough athletes to require heats. The Paralymp...
Sep 06, 2016
Waiting for Guinness confirmation: Edmonton baseball game could be longest
EDMONTON - The longest baseball game ever may have been played in Edmonton on the long weekend. The 72-hour, 237-inning game still needs official confirmation from Guinness World Records. The marathon...
Sep 06, 2016
A look at the five biggest foreign takeovers by Canadian companies
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian company....
Sep 06, 2016