Category Archives: Canadian Press
Carr, Morneau off to China next month to deepen commerce, but no free trade yet
OTTAWA - Two senior Liberal cabinet ministers are off to Beijing next month to co-chair a high-level business conference and to push Canada’s trade interests with China. International Trade Mini...
Oct 18, 2018
'Call my lawyer,' says sweater seized with stolen sneakers
ROANOKE, Va. - A Virginia store has had 20 right-foot shoes stolen over the course of three break-ins this year. The Roanoke Times reports Roanoke County police arrested 21-year-old Manuel Carlos Rami...
Oct 18, 2018
Ex-FBI agent gets 4 years in prison for leaking documents
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A former FBI agent in Minnesota who admitted leaking classified internal documents to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Terry James Albury, 39, pleaded guilt...
Oct 18, 2018
Feds: Child exploitation focus of Pennsylvania church probe
PHILADELPHIA - Two years ago, a federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh considered filing a racketeering lawsuit against a Roman Catholic diocese over its handling of child sex-abuse complaints, but left off...
Oct 18, 2018
Motorists stunned as metal balls roll down Seattle street
SEATTLE - Authorities in Seattle temporarily closed a street after motorists were stunned by dozens of large metal balls that spilled out of a truck and cascaded down the street, damaging several cars...
Oct 18, 2018
Supreme Court to hear case on clean-up of mercury at northern Ontario mill site
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear a legal dispute over whether the Ontario government can force Weyerhaeuser Co. and Resolute Forest Products to clean up a contaminated site upstr...
Oct 18, 2018
Environmentalists file 3rd lawsuit over Trump wall plans
HOUSTON - Environmental groups filed another lawsuit Thursday challenging the Trump administration’s use of waivers to speed up construction of a border wall, this time in Texas. Three groups su...
Oct 18, 2018
Uganda, at 'big risk' for Ebola, says Congo is managing well
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda is at “big risk” of the spread of a deadly Ebola virus outbreak from neighbouring Congo, a senior health official said Thursday, even as he said the situation is &...
Oct 18, 2018
Keesmaat vows to bring new brand of leadership to Canada's most populous city
TORONTO - An urban planner venturing into politics for the first time in an effort to unseat Toronto’s mayor is painting herself as the antidote to political apathy and vowing to bring a new bra...
Oct 18, 2018
Cannabis retailers, governments warn of lingering supply shortage
TORONTO - Demand for newly legal pot appears to be outstripping supply on the second day of legalization as retailers ran low on some products or were cleaned out completely, manifestations of a short...
Oct 18, 2018