Category Archives: Canadian Press
Steel workers in the Sault used to bad news, anxious about tariff threats
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - David Beauregard shrugs as he walks out of the Algoma Steel plant during an afternoon shift change. “It’s scary,” he said, describing the mixture of resignat...
Mar 13, 2018
Tories hire Toronto lawyer to lead probe into party's handling of Dykstra case
OTTAWA - A Toronto employment lawyer will run the investigation into how the Conservative party handled a sexual assault allegation made against former Tory MP Rick Dykstra by a young staffer in the m...
Mar 13, 2018
BMO Field to get new grass surface this summer, with more to come
TORONTO - BMO Field, forced into action in February because of the CONCACAF Champions league, is getting a new grass surface this summer. And the plan is to lay a new surface at the end of the year fr...
Mar 13, 2018
N.S. to house people with disabilities who fought for release from hospital
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s government has committed to finding homes in the community for two complainants in a human rights inquiry who have fought for years to move out of a psychiatric unit and ...
Mar 13, 2018
'Flava in Ya Ear' rapper Craig Mack dies in South Carolina
WALTERBORO, S.C. - Former rapper Craig Mack, best known for the platinum 1994 hit “Flava in Ya Ear” has died in South Carolina. Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey says the 47-year-old ...
Mar 13, 2018
Calgary researchers say new tool will make testing for infections easier
CALGARY - University of Calgary researchers say a new device based on the simple glucose meter used by diabetics should make it easier to test humans and animals for infections. “I realized that...
Mar 13, 2018
Snow joke: Weatherman named Meteorologist runs for office
LANCASTER, Pa. - A former TV weatherman who legally changed his name to Meteorologist Drew Anderson says there’s a 100 per cent chance he’ll run for Congress in Pennsylvania under the new ...
Mar 13, 2018
Loblaw criticized for personal information requests in gift card roll out
Loblaw Companies Ltd. isn’t providing details as to why some Canadians have been singled out with requests to hand over additional personal information to secure their $25 gift card related to t...
Mar 13, 2018
Amber Alert lifted for missing 10-year-old Montreal boy
Montreal police cancelled a Quebec-wide Amber Alert in the case of a missing 10-year-old boy late Tuesday, but the search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou was continuing. Police said they made the decision t...
Mar 13, 2018
Higher public debt has helped slow build-up of household debt: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government’s steps to amass more public debt have helped Canadians avoid an even faster build-up of their personal debt loads, even though such household burdens have still ...
Mar 13, 2018