Category Archives: Canadian Press
MPs sing new version of O Canada as gender-neutral anthem lyrics become official
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament broke into applause Wednesday after singing the new, gender-neutral lyrics to O Canada in the House of Commons, just hours after the change became law. The new wording b...
Feb 07, 2018
Special prosecutor appointed after alleged threats at Nanaimo city hall
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor has been appointed after the mayor says threats were allegedly uttered against him and a councillor at city hall in Nanaimo, B.C. The British Columbia Prosecution Servi...
Feb 07, 2018
Feds order review of controversial helicopter deal with the Philippines
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is taking a second look at plans to sell 16 Canadian-made helicopters to the Philippine military as concerns continue to mount about how the aircraft will be used. The ...
Feb 07, 2018
Man accused of killing Indigenous teenager told police it wasn't him
WINNIPEG - The man accused of killing an Indigenous teenager and dumping her body in the Red River told police he didn’t do it, and urged them to search for a suspect who looked like the lead si...
Feb 07, 2018
Woodworker's do-it-yourself casket kit allows people to assemble their own exit
FREDERICTON - It has been called the Ikea of the coffin world: A ready-to-assemble casket kit. New Brunswick woodworker Jeremy Burrill has been selling simple pine caskets locally for about two years,...
Feb 07, 2018
New Brunswick premier cautiously optimistic after meeting on trade and tariffs
WASHINGTON - New Brunswick’s premier says he remains cautiously optimistic the United States will provide his province with relief from hefty tariffs on softwood lumber exports. Brian Gallant an...
Feb 07, 2018
Federal government open to helping newsprint producers: federal minister
MONTREAL - Federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Wednesday his government is ready to help the country’s newsprint industry after the U.S. Department of Commerce slapped a tariff on 2...
Feb 07, 2018
Trans Mountain CEO calls on federal government to act in pipeline dispute
CALGARY - The head of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. has joined growing calls for the federal government to step into the dispute between Alberta and British Columbia over oil exports. Ian Anderson said We...
Feb 07, 2018
Manitoba legislature member to take sensitivity training after offensive tweets
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba government backbencher is apologizing after calling asylum seekers a “drain on society” on Twitter and for retweeting posts that suggested Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Feb 07, 2018
Still committed to a three-country NAFTA negotiation, U.S. insists
WASHINGTON - The United States is stressing its support for renegotiating a three-country NAFTA agreement after comments from an American lawmaker suggesting it was considering splitting Canada and Me...
Feb 07, 2018