Category Archives: Canadian Press
Blue Jays pick up club option on Smoak, decline club option on Solarte
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have exercised their US$8-million club option on first baseman Justin Smoak and have declined the $5.5-million club option on infielder Yangervis Solarte. The Blue Jays...
Oct 31, 2018
GM offers buyouts to 18K salaried workers in North America
DETROIT - General Motors will attempt to cut costs by offering buyouts to about 18,000 white-collar workers in North America. The company made the offer Wednesday to salaried workers with 12 or more y...
Oct 31, 2018
Ex Venezuela official pleads guilty in money laundering case
MIAMI - The former finance chief of Venezuela’s state oil company has pleaded guilty to a role in helping to launder $1.2 billion stolen from the company in a high-profile case implicating Presi...
Oct 31, 2018
Families take step toward suing EPA for toxic paint stripper
WASHINGTON - The mothers of two men killed by a toxic paint stripper took a step toward suing the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for failing to take quick action to remove the product fr...
Oct 31, 2018
Prince Charles in Gambia for first leg of Africa trip
BANJUL, Gambia - Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have arrived in Gambia for a three-day visit. President Adama Barrow and first lady Fatoumata Barrow greeted...
Oct 31, 2018
Federal government announces new measures for killer whale protection
VANCOUVER - The federal government wants to create new ocean sanctuaries in British Columbia as part of an additional $61.5 million it is spending to protect endangered killer whales. Fisheries and Oc...
Oct 31, 2018
Two men killed in Toronto-area crash that sparked tanker fire: officials
TORONTO - Two men were killed in a multi-vehicle crash that sparked a massive tanker fire on a major toll highway in the Toronto area on Wednesday, emergency officials said. The crash happened just be...
Oct 31, 2018
Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio's absence from Parliament puzzles colleagues
OTTAWA, Que. - Several Liberal MPs said Wednesday they are unable to explain the prolonged absence of their colleague Nicola Di Iorio, who hasn’t been seen on Parliament Hill since the House res...
Oct 31, 2018
Genuis says consuming alcohol 'hardly' the most important event from evening
OTTAWA - Federal Tories are fessing up to having a few drinks during a meeting on Parliament Hill Tuesday night, where the Liberals moved to oust new Conservative MP Leona Alleslev from her position a...
Oct 31, 2018
Professor demands public apology for Playboy remarks from school, speaker
A professor at a southern Ontario university says both the school and a recent honorary doctorate recipient have not offered sufficient apologies for what she describes as sexist remarks made at a rec...
Oct 31, 2018