Category Archives: Canadian Press
In the news today, Feb. 13
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 13 --- NOTLEY GIVES FEDS DAYS TO RESOLVE PIPELINE SPAT Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress within days from Ottawa in resolving a pipeline...
Feb 13, 2018
Tougher laws needed, MMIW inquiry told: 'These monsters keep getting let out'
MONCTON, N.B. - The mother of a 16-year-old Aboriginal girl murdered in northern New Brunswick made an emotional plea Tuesday to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Gir...
Feb 13, 2018
Iran calls prof's death in prison a suicide; take a harder line, Frum urges feds
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is calling out the federal Liberal government for its anodyne response to reports that an Iranian-Canadian university professor has died while in custody in Iran. The s...
Feb 13, 2018
B.C. government throne speech puts focus on housing, child care, affordability
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan introduced a plan Tuesday to make life in British Columbia more affordable, but it was overshadowed by the unfolding dispute with the Alberta and federal governments ove...
Feb 13, 2018
Feds to table budget Feb. 27 as Canada faces trade, competitiveness uncertainty
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government’s next budget on Feb. 27 as the country faces persistent uncertainty around trade and competitiveness. With the futur...
Feb 13, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 3 Florida 7 Edmonton 5 Arizona 6 Chicago 1 — AHL Iowa 3 San Antonio 2 — NBA New Orleans 118 Detroit 103 Philadelphia 108 New York 92 L.A. Clipp...
Feb 12, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 3 Florida 7 Edmonton 5 Arizona 6 Chicago 1 — AHL Iowa 3 San Antonio 2 — NBA New Orleans 118 Detroit 103 Philadelphia 108 New York 92 L.A. Clipp...
Feb 12, 2018
China to pick 5,000 movie theatres for propaganda screenings
BEIJING - China plans to select 5,000 movie theatres to screen propaganda films and will boost their box offices with group sales, discounted tickets and other financial backing. China’s film re...
Feb 12, 2018
Trocheck scores three goals to lead Panthers in 7-5 win over Oilers
EDMONTON - Offence wasn’t an issue in Edmonton on Monday - for either team. Vincent Trocheck had three goals and Evgenii Dadonov added two as the Florida Panthers emerged with a 7-5 victory over...
Feb 12, 2018
Official: US believes ex-Venezuela oil czar took bribes
BOGOTA - U.S. prosecutors believe that Venezuela’s former oil czar and ambassador to the United Nations received bribes as part of an alleged multibillion-dollar graft scheme in the South Americ...
Feb 12, 2018