Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian scientist names new beetle after MLB all-star Jose Bautista
Former Toronto Blue Jay Jose Bautista has a new namesake buzzing around, thanks to a scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Entomologist Bob Anderson has dubbed a newly discovered species of beet...
Nov 22, 2018
Advocates say access to abortion pill still an issue in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Advocates say Nova Scotians’ access to the abortion pill remains a major issue, with one student saying she had to wait nearly three weeks because of barriers including finding a docto...
Nov 22, 2018
Tories are making 'partisan' arguments about intent to help media: Morneau
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Conservatives are making spurious partisan arguments about his plan to help the news industry with tax measures. Morneau offered a little more i...
Nov 22, 2018
Otter 6, humans 0 in battle of wits to oust koi muncher from Vancouver garden
VANCOUVER - A river otter with a taste for valuable koi carp may also have a flair for drama as it continues to avoid humane traps and confound efforts to remove it from a classical Chinese garden in ...
Nov 22, 2018
Injured Manuel Osborne-Paradis won't race Lake Louise World Cup downhill
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Switzerland’s Beat Feuz posted the fastest time in Thursday’s training while the Canadian team was suddenly bereft of two veterans ahead of Saturday’s World Cup ...
Nov 22, 2018
Dutch king visits renewed Anne Frank House museum
AMSTERDAM - Dutch King Willem-Alexander visited the Anne Frank House museum Thursday after a two-year reboot to give the building a new entrance hall, redesigned exhibition spaces and a new way of tel...
Nov 22, 2018
Sunwing pilot temperature typo could have had 'catastrophic' results: Report
An incident last year that saw a jet operated by Sunwing Airlines Inc. strike a 36-centimetre-high light beyond the runway and fly low for four kilometres carried potentially “catastrophic”...
Nov 22, 2018
Federal fiscal update panned by frustrated oilpatch, Premier Rachel Notley
CALGARY - Albertans dealing with steep discount prices for oil expressed frustration Thursday with Ottawa’s fiscal update that they say offered little acknowledgment of pain in the oilpatch. But...
Nov 22, 2018
No obvious tension between Olands before murder, assistant testifies
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - On the day he was savagely beaten to death, multi-millionaire businessman Richard Oland was catching up on work in his Saint John office and appeared pleased when his only son, Denn...
Nov 22, 2018
Franco-Ontarians ponder legal challenge in face of government 'attack'
OTTAWA - The president of the main organization representing Franco-Ontarians said Monday Premier Doug Ford is showing a “lack of respect” towards the province’s French-speaking mino...
Nov 22, 2018