Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's peacekeeping commitment affects possible UN Security Council bid
OTTAWA - Canada’s new commitment to United Nations peacekeeping has left some international observers questioning whether it will be enough to accomplish another big foreign policy goal: eventua...
Nov 17, 2017
Weinstein's Impact: List of men accused of sexual misconduct
NEW YORK - Since The New York Times published allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in October, multiple men in entertainment, media and politics in the...
Nov 17, 2017
Full circle: Newfoundlander Carl English returns home to play for the Edge
TORONTO - Carl English could never have foreseen the circuitous route his professional basketball career would take. And now, seven countries, 13 pro teams and three kids later, Newfoundland’s f...
Nov 17, 2017
Smoke, crackling sound coming from incinerator in 2012, Smich's ex tells Babcock trial
TORONTO - The ex-girlfriend of one of two men accused of murdering a young Toronto woman and burning her remains in a massive animal incinerator saw the large machine in operation the year the alleged...
Nov 17, 2017
Tesla wants to electrify big trucks, adding to its ambitions
DETROIT - After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs - and, more recently, solar panels - Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big trucks. The company unveiled its new electric s...
Nov 17, 2017
Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore escapes longer ban for role in tunnel melee
TORONTO - Twelve days and two review panels after striker Jozy Altidore’s red card for violent conduct, Toronto FC is back where it started from. Which is without the burly U.S. international fo...
Nov 17, 2017
Toronto man gets 5 years in prison for claiming nearly $1M in tax refunds
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been sentenced to five years in prison for claiming nearly $1 million in Goods and Services Tax and Harmonized Sales Tax refunds to which he wasn’t entitled. The Cana...
Nov 17, 2017
TransCanada says spill clean up underway in South Dakota as pipeline vote looms
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said Friday that work is well underway to clean up a sizable oil leak at its Keystone pipeline in South Dakota that occurred days before a vote on the fate of the company&#...
Nov 17, 2017
Psychiatrist says terror suspect Mohamed Harkat poses low risk of violence
OTTAWA - A psychiatrist who has treated terror suspect Mohamed Harkat for the last eight years says the refugee from Algeria is unlikely to commit violent acts. Dr. Colin Cameron told a Federal Court ...
Nov 17, 2017
Phoenix man tries turning locomotive into a runaway train
PHOENIX - A Phoenix man was close to turning a locomotive into his own runaway train. Police say 20-year-old Julio Rodriguez was arrested earlier this month after trying to steal a train from a rail y...
Nov 17, 2017