Category Archives: Canadian Press
Money laundering: Dutch police find cash in washing machine
AMSTERDAM - Dutch police who found 350,000 euros ($400,000) hidden inside a washing machine have detained a man on suspicion of - what else? - money laundering. Police said in a statement Thursday tha...
Nov 22, 2018
Sunwing pilot temperature typo could have had 'catastrophic' results: Report
Investigators say 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 “...
Nov 22, 2018
Fears for seabirds after oil spill: 'There's probably a lot more oiled birds'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - At least 15 oiled seabirds have been spotted after Newfoundland’s largest-ever offshore oil spill, and one biologist says past spills indicate the number could be in the...
Nov 22, 2018
Affordable-housing goals hang in delicate balance, says Bank of Canada deputy
OTTAWA - The tenuous balancing act facing the federal government’s $40-billion housing strategy has come into clearer focus as a top Bank of Canada official warned of the challenges between ensu...
Nov 22, 2018
'We will fight' in court if back-to-work legislation passes, postal union warns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he still hopes agreements can be struck to end mail disruptions across the country after his government introduced back-to-work legislation that could force...
Nov 22, 2018
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum plans for renovation
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is being prepped for a multi-million dollar overhaul that could include adding a 3-D theatre, racing simulators and other interactive displays for...
Nov 22, 2018
Morneau hopes new NAFTA deal signed next week, stresses tariff fight is separate
OTTAWA - Canada could sign a new North American free-trade deal even with stinging U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods still in force, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday, with just over a week to ...
Nov 22, 2018
19-year-old Yorkshire Terrier retires from 'The Nutcracker'
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - After more than 125 performances in “The Nutcracker” in Providence, a 19-year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Archie is leaving the stage. Festival Ballet Providence announc...
Nov 22, 2018
Nissan board fires Ghosn as chairman following arrest
TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co. fired Carlos Ghosn as chairman Thursday, curtailing the powerful executive’s nearly two-decade reign at the Japanese automaker after his arrest for alleged financial imp...
Nov 22, 2018
Long, tortured road to Trump's answers for special counsel
WASHINGTON - The date had been picked, the location too, and the plan was penciled in: President Donald Trump would be whisked from the White House to Camp David on a quiet winter Saturday to answer q...
Nov 22, 2018