Category Archives: Canadian Press
Atlantic provinces hope to coax more foreign students to stay after graduation
MONCTON, N.B. - A program that helps international students to stay and work in Nova Scotia will be adopted by the three other Atlantic provinces as they try to grow their population. Federal Immigrat...
Feb 20, 2018
Iran TV airs images of site of airplane crash that killed 65
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian search-and-rescue teams on Tuesday offered the first images of the site of an airplane crash in southern Iran that killed 65 people, with officials hoping to reach the aircraft&...
Feb 20, 2018
In the news today, Feb. 20
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 20 --- VIRTUE AND MOIR CAP CAREER IN A GOLDEN GLOW Canadian ice dance darlings Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are going out on top, ending their illustrious ca...
Feb 20, 2018
Ontario Liberals bring in bill retaliating against Buy American provisions
TORONTO - With roughly three months before a spring election, Ontario’s governing Liberals are using the last legislative session to push back against any state that adopts Buy American provisio...
Feb 20, 2018
B.C. unveils 'bold' housing, child care plans, hikes employer, real estate taxes
VICTORIA - British Columbia moved to ease the province’s housing crisis Tuesday with a budget that introduces a new tax on property speculators, higher taxes on foreign homebuyers and plans to c...
Feb 20, 2018
Jury to consider whether Tina Fontaine was murdered by Raymond Cormier
WINNIPEG - The Crown argued Tuesday that a man charged with killing a Manitoba teenager convicted himself with his own admissions on secret police recordings, but the defence said numerous forensic ho...
Feb 20, 2018
Government bombing of Damascus suburbs kills more than 100
BEIRUT - Government forces bombed the northeastern suburbs of the Syrian capital for a second straight day on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people and raising the spectre of a full-scale offensive th...
Feb 20, 2018
Florida survivors, lawmakers on collision course over guns
PARKLAND, Fla. - Students who survived the Florida school shooting began a journey Tuesday to the state capitol to urge lawmakers to prevent another massacre, but within hours the gun-friendly Legisla...
Feb 19, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL Minnesota 5 N.Y. Islanders 3 Washington 3 Buffalo 2 Boston 2 Calgary 1 (OT) Nashville 5 Ottawa 2 Los Angeles 3 Chicago 1 Anaheim 2 Vegas 0 — AHL Hershey 5 Toronto 2 Utic...
Feb 19, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Minnesota 5 N.Y. Islanders 3 Washington 3 Buffalo 2 Boston 2 Calgary 1 (OT) Nashville 5 Ottawa 2 Los Angeles 3 Chicago 1 Anaheim 2 Vegas 0 — AHL Hershey 5 Toronto 2 Utic...
Feb 19, 2018