Category Archives: Canadian Press
Risk hits home with Stevenson KO: 'One punch too many could mean the end'
Montreal boxer David Lemieux knows there is a potential for serious physical harm every time he steps in the ring, but like most fighters he prefers not to think about it. “In fact, I never thin...
Dec 04, 2018
Regulators, exporters talk harmonizing standards in Canada, U.S.
WASHINGTON - Life-changing technology breakthroughs could be strangled by red tape at the Canada-U.S. border unless the two countries give innovators one shared set of rules to follow, Treasury Board ...
Dec 04, 2018
Liberals defend new powers to demand roadside breath samples
OTTAWA - Federal ministers are playing down the potential for racial profiling and civil-rights violations as they tout a strict new law intended to curb drunk driving. Mandatory alcohol screening tha...
Dec 04, 2018
Economic chill dulls Chinese appetite for some luxury brands
BEIJING - The designer boutiques of Manhattan and Paris are feeling the chill of a Chinese economic slowdown that has hammered automakers and other industries. It’s a rude awakening for such des...
Dec 04, 2018
2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, Treasury
WASHINGTON - The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas Tuesday seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Treasury Department and dozens of other enti...
Dec 04, 2018
Barrett: Canadian basketball success sign of program's growing culture
TORONTO - Canada’s path to the 2019 FIBA World Cup was paved on the backs of 35 different players. They came from the NBA, the NCAA, Euroleague, U Sport and even high school. They came willingly...
Dec 04, 2018
Indiana girl dies after accidental shooting by brother, 3
LEBANON, Ind. - Police say a 4-year-old central Indiana girl has died, five days after she was accidentally shot in the head by her 3-year-old brother. Lebanon police say Izabella-Marie Helem died Tue...
Dec 04, 2018
Ethics watchdog concerned that Scheer's office advised MP to contravene code
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says he’s concerned that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s office encouraged a Tory MP to violate the conflict-of-interest code for members of the Ho...
Dec 04, 2018
Ontario forces to name those charged with impaired driving as deterrent
High numbers of impaired drivers on local roads have prompted two southern Ontario police forces to resort to public shaming as a potential deterrent. York Regional Police and the South Simcoe Police ...
Dec 04, 2018
Half of world's right whales spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2018
OTTAWA - Nearly half of all North Atlantic right whales in the world were spotted in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence this year during surveillance that officials say will inform future protection me...
Dec 04, 2018