Category Archives: Canadian Press

B.C. premier says he won't escalate trade dispute with Alberta over pipeline
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan doesn’t intend to respond to any provocation from Alberta in the escalating trade dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline. Horgan said Wednesday ...
Feb 07, 2018
Opera of Rudolfo Anaya's 'Bless Me, Ultima' set to premiere
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The opera adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s famed novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” one of the most recognizable works of Mexican-American literature, is set to premiere in A...
Feb 07, 2018

The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Feb. 7 --- POLICE-LINKED DEATHS SPARK ANGER, SORROW: Indigenous people in northern Ontario are grieving and angry after the police killing of a young man a...
Feb 07, 2018

Publisher moves up release of James Comey memoir to April 17
NEW YORK - Noting that the FBI is “under intense scrutiny,” James Comey’s publisher is moving up the release date of his memoir “A Higher Loyalty.” Flatiron Books told Th...
Feb 07, 2018
Duchene not comparing himself to Turris as Senators prepare to face Preds
OTTAWA - Matt Duchene doesn’t want to compare his season to Kyle Turris’s, even if the two are indirectly linked together by a November trade. Turris returns to the Canadian city Thursday ...
Feb 07, 2018

TVO host Steve Paikin among few accused to fight harassment allegations
TORONTO - Ontario TV anchor Steve Paikin is one of the few high-profile men to publicly fight back against sexual harassment allegations, but at least one crisis management expert says the political p...
Feb 07, 2018

Veteran horseman Eugene Melnyk says he misses owning thoroughbred racers
TORONTO - Eugene Melnyk is back in the horse-racing business. He no longer owns 500-plus quality thoroughbreds but the Ottawa Senators’ owner has started rebuilding with a twist: he’s bree...
Feb 07, 2018

Wine war picks on small family owned operations: B.C. wine advocate
VANCOUVER - Western Canada’s “wine war” could cost small family owned farms millions of dollars, says an advocate for British Columbia’s wine industry. Alberta Premier Rachel N...
Feb 07, 2018

Buy America has 'consequences' including proposed Ontario law: Champagne
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are giving tacit support to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plan to introduce legislation that would allow retaliation against U.S. states that adopt Buy American ...
Feb 07, 2018
Mexico: Someone tried to mail a tiger cub
MEXICO CITY - Mexican inspectors have found tigers in all sorts of situations: on leashes, in neighbours’ yards and wandering the streets. But the office for environmental protection announced a...
Feb 07, 2018