Category Archives: Canadian Press
Social Security checks will grow in 2019 as inflation rises
WASHINGTON - Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 per cent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. It’s the biggest increase most retir...
Oct 11, 2018
Russia's launch failures affect manned, unmanned spacecraft
MOSCOW - The booster rocket failure that forced an emergency landing for two astronauts headed to the International Space Station was the first launch accident for Russia’s manned-space program ...
Oct 11, 2018
Mortgage rates leap to 7-year highs; 30-year at 4.90 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates leaped this week to their highest levels in seven years amid global anxiety over rising interest rates that has gripped financial markets. Costs for would-be...
Oct 11, 2018
Washington state ends 'racially biased' death penalty
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s death penalty Thursday as arbitrary and racially biased, making it the 20th state to do away with capital pu...
Oct 11, 2018
Asper family donates $2.5 million to Canadian sport's Next Generation
TORONTO - Pierce LePage has lived through that athlete in-between stage, where the medal podium is so close, but there’s little financial support to get there. So the 22-year-old decathlete from...
Oct 11, 2018
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds revised voter ID law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ highest court on Thursday upheld a voter ID law that is nearly identical to a restriction struck down by the court four years ago. The 5-2 decision from the Arkansa...
Oct 11, 2018
Canada deploying military plane to help disaster-relief efforts in Indonesia
OTTAWA - Canada is deploying a military transport plane to ferry relief supplies to Indonesia, where there are reports the government is restricting the activities of foreign aid workers in the afterm...
Oct 11, 2018
Pot workers won't automatically be denied entry into U.S., border agency says
OTTAWA - The United States says Canadians who work in the marijuana industry will not be barred outright from entering the country. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says in an updated sta...
Oct 11, 2018
Discount Car & Truck Rentals to pay $700,000 over misleading advertising
OTTAWA - Discount Car & Truck Rentals Ltd. is paying a $700,000 penalty after reaching an agreement with the Competition Bureau over misleading advertising about its prices. Following an investiga...
Oct 11, 2018
CHL players finding ways to enjoy time spent on the road
Saint John Sea Dogs captain Anthony Boucher has travelled from arena to arena in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League long enough to realize how important it is to make good use of time spent on the ...
Oct 11, 2018