Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta economy has recovered two-thirds of recession losses: government
EDMONTON - Alberta’s finance minister says the province’s economic picture is brightening with a lower-than-expected deficit last year thanks in part to higher resource revenues. The gover...
Jun 28, 2018
Saskatchewan premier wants police to remove teepees from park around legislature
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is backing calls for police to remove teepees that protesters have set up on the legislature grounds, forcing changes to Canada Day plans. Moe says there are la...
Jun 28, 2018
Ottawa moves to restrict lasers to reduce danger to passing aircraft
MONTREAL - The federal government announced strict new measures on Thursday to ban most high-powered lasers around airports and in Canada’s three largest cities due to the dangers they pose when...
Jun 28, 2018
U.S. boycott gains strength as Canada readies tariffs on $16.6 billion in imports
A consumer boycott of American-made products and services is gathering steam as Canada counts down to this weekend’s imposition of retaliatory tariffs on $16.6 billion worth of American products...
Jun 28, 2018
Meek Mill's attorneys resume effort to get judge removed
PHILADELPHIA - Attorneys for Meek Mill are asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to remove a Philadelphia judge from his case days after she denied his new trial request. In a filing late Wednesday, t...
Jun 28, 2018
Time names the most influential people on the internet
NEW YORK - Kylie Jenner, Kanye West, Rihanna, Busy Philipps and Matt Drudge have landed on Time magazine’s roundup of the most influential people on the internet. So did someone with 53 million ...
Jun 28, 2018
Canadian hyperloop company says governments need to support innovation
A Canadian hyperloop company is threatening to relocate its headquarters to Europe unless it secures political support at home for its technology that would transport goods and passengers through tube...
Jun 28, 2018
Pakistan says it will be placed back on financial watch list
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says the country will be placed back on a financial watch list by a global task force to give it more time to take steps against terror financing and mone...
Jun 28, 2018
Japan advances on yellow cards despite losing at World Cup
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - Nice guys don’t necessarily finish last at the World Cup. Fair play, a newly implemented tiebreaker in the group stage of the world’s biggest soccer tournament, was put...
Jun 28, 2018
Colombia advances while Senegal is eliminated by tiebreaker
SAMARA, Russia - The “fair play” tiebreaker doesn’t seem all that fair to Senegal. The last African team standing at the World Cup lost to Colombia 1-0 Thursday, leaving it even with...
Jun 28, 2018