Category Archives: Canadian Press
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans say Trump is racist
WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for His...
Feb 28, 2018
Spotify's music service seeks to drum up $1 billion in IPO
SAN FRANCISCO - Music-streaming pioneer Spotify is hoping to attract a new crowd of fans on Wall Street to help fend off a growing competitive threat posed by Apple. Spotify will expand its financial ...
Feb 28, 2018
Brazil mail implements security tax for deliveries in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s state-run postal service says it will start charging extra to deliver letters and packages in Rio de Janeiro due to a wave of wave of violence in the state. Correios sa...
Feb 28, 2018
Russia and Syria clash with US and West on Syria cease-fire
Russia and Syria clashed with the U.S. and its Western allies Wednesday over responsibility for the failure of a cease-fire to take hold in Syria as the U.N. said humanitarian convoys are ready to hea...
Feb 28, 2018
Bettman: NHL "very comfortable" with decision to miss 2018 Olympics
VANCOUVER - The NHL has no regrets about not sending its players to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, says commissioner Gary Bettman. “We’ve very comfortable with the decision we made as a le...
Feb 28, 2018
New federal cybersecurity strategy follows 'overlap, lack of clarity'
OTTAWA - In the often shadowy and dangerous domain of cyberspace, the federal government wants Canadians to have a trustworthy place to turn to help stay safe online. The newly announced plan for a fe...
Feb 28, 2018
Ultranationalism globally prompts Liberals to spend on multiculturalism at home
OTTAWA - With one eye on ultranationalist movements appearing around the world, the Liberal government boosted funding in this week’s federal budget to address issues of anti-immigrant sentiment...
Feb 28, 2018
SGI reaches settlement with bars that served drunk woman who killed 4 in crash
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Crown-owned insurance company says it has reached a settlement with two bars that served an intoxicated woman who later killed a family of four in a traffic crash. Cather...
Feb 28, 2018
Budget 2018 plays long game when it comes to boosting number of women in sports
OTTAWA - The Liberal government wants to see gender equality in Canadian sports - from the local arena to the Olympics - by 2035, a vision articulated in a federal budget aimed at increasing opportuni...
Feb 28, 2018
Aid minister aims for more private sector investment in foreign aid
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she wants to use the new $2 billion in extra aid dollars in the new budget to attract insurance and pension funds to invest in figh...
Feb 28, 2018