Category Archives: Canadian Press
US fishermen lose quota in new fishing pact with Canada
PORTLAND, Maine - American fishermen are losing thousands of pounds of valuable fishing quota under a new catch share agreement with Canada. Fishermen from the U.S. and Canada seek haddock, cod and fl...
Oct 03, 2018
A year after Weinstein, Hollywood is still soul-searching
NEW YORK - After Rashida Jones exited Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” in 2017 she noted that the studio, after 25 years in business, had not made a single feature film directed by a woman, cal...
Oct 03, 2018
Canada to stay in forefront of High Arctic fish research, official says
Canada’s chief negotiator for the newly signed international moratorium on fishing in the High Arctic says the country will help lead research in the area. “I think we have expressed a lot...
Oct 03, 2018
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
OTTAWA - October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins shipping oil with an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. The project features four pump stations along its 1,150-kilometre route and ...
Oct 03, 2018
Jets sniper Laine lands critical hit on Canucks in 'Fortnite' Flap
Patrik Laine is known for having a killer shot both on the ice and in the hit video game “Fortnite.” Turns out, the Winnipeg Jets sniper can be just as deadly with his words. A day after V...
Oct 03, 2018
Edmonton Oilers edge Cologne Sharks in exhibition game
COLOGNE, Germany - Ryan Strome scored the winner as the Edmonton Oilers beat the German league’s Cologne Sharks 4-3 in overtime in an exhibition game on Wednesday. The Oilers used the game as a ...
Oct 03, 2018
Trudeau names G7 sherpa, political journalist to fill vacant Senate seats
OTTAWA - Three new members are being added to the Senate, including the top official who organized this year’s tumultuous G7 summit in Quebec and an award-winning journalist from Edmonton. In a ...
Oct 03, 2018
Coalition government would fire employees for wearing religious symbols
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - Public servants in positions of authority who refuse to remove religious symbols will be assigned to different jobs or dismissed, a spokeswoman for the Coalition Avenir Quebec tra...
Oct 03, 2018
Van Damme son gets probation term in Arizona knife incident
PHOENIX - A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has been sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in sub...
Oct 03, 2018
Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report
VANCOUVER - Drug users are often the first responders to an overdose and should be paid fairly for their contributions to research, service delivery and overdose prevention activities, says a report. ...
Oct 03, 2018