Category Archives: Canadian Press
National pharmacare 'strategy' to preserve existing system: Morneau
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the national pharmacare committee assembled this week will preserve the best parts of Canada’s existing drug plans, rather than abandon them in pursui...
Feb 28, 2018
Demonstrators see 'glimmer of hope' after Liberals vow to replace pay system
OTTAWA - Civil service unions vowed Wednesday to hold the Trudeau government’s feet to the fire after the Liberals pledged in their latest budget to replace the troubled Phoenix pay system with ...
Feb 28, 2018
Siddall to replace Zaun as TV studio analyst for Sportsnet Blue Jays broadcasts
TORONTO - The medium has changed but Joe Siddall’s approach won’t. Sportsnet announced Wednesday that Siddall, a former major-league catcher, will join the Toronto Blue Jays Central broadc...
Feb 28, 2018
Research firm touts Newfoundland and Labrador seaweed as cancer inhibitor
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A cancer researcher says he’s cautiously optimistic about an East Coast ocean technology company’s apparent discovery of properties in seaweed off Newfoundland and...
Feb 28, 2018
France's President Macron to play in "Peter and the Wolf"
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will play the narrator’s role in the musical fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf” at an Elysee Palace performance. The president’s office sa...
Feb 28, 2018
PBS launching new conservative political talk show
NEW YORK - Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line,̶...
Feb 28, 2018
US pending home sales slump 4.7 per cent in January
WASHINGTON - The pace of Americans signing contracts to buy homes fell 4.7 per cent in January to its lowest level in more than three years, due to a lack of homes for sale, higher prices and rising m...
Feb 28, 2018
Russia reinstated into Olympic movement after doping scandal
MOSCOW - Russia’s ban from the Olympic movement was lifted on Wednesday despite two failed doping tests by its athletes at the Pyeongchang winter games. President Vladimir Putin hailed the move ...
Feb 28, 2018
Quebec Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee won't seek re-election
Quebec Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee will not run again in this year’s provincial election. Vallee held a news conference in Quebec City on Wednesday to say she wants to focus on her family ...
Feb 28, 2018
Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois caucus members quit over leader's style
MONTREAL - Shortly after seven of the 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit Wednesday citing Martine Ouellet’s leadership style, the embattled leader defiantly told reporters she wasn’t going anywher...
Feb 28, 2018