Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Overreaching extensively:' Notley wants Trans Mountain delays dealt with
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants the National Energy Board to move quickly to remove roadblocks on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The City of Burnaby, B.C., hasn&...
Nov 03, 2017
California asks US for $7.4 billion for wildfire rebuilding
SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked the U.S. government Friday for $7.4 billion to help rebuild after a cluster of fires tore through the heart of wine country, killing mor...
Nov 03, 2017
St. Pierre set for comeback fight vs. Bisping at UFC 217
NEW YORK - Georges St. Pierre waved his hands as a conductor would to a chorus of “G-S-P” chanted by fans wrapped in Rising Sun headbands inside Madison Square Garden. “These are you...
Nov 03, 2017
Amazon to open second office in Vancouver: but no, it's not the coveted HQ2
VANCOUVER - Amazon will open a second corporate office in Vancouver, doubling its employee count in the western city, but it has yet to announce where the tech titan’s highly sought-after second...
Nov 03, 2017
Disney bars LA Times film coverage after critical piece
LOS ANGELES - In response to a Los Angeles Times series about the relationship between the Walt Disney Co. and the city of Anaheim, the company is barring the paper from advance screenings of its film...
Nov 03, 2017
Former Winnipeg sportscaster person of interest in bank robbery in Saskatoon
Saskatoon police say a former Winnipeg television news director is a person of interest in a bank robbery that occurred over the summer. Stephen Vogelsang, who is 53, is facing five bank robbery charg...
Nov 03, 2017
Law society schedules reinstatement hearing for 'knees-together' judge
CALGARY - A former judge who asked why a rape complainant didn’t keep her knees together has applied to practise law again. A notice on the Law Society of Alberta’s website says there is t...
Nov 03, 2017
Court asked to reconsider defamation suit against Bill Cosby
BOSTON - A woman who says Bill Cosby raped her decades ago wants a federal appeals court to reconsider her defamation case against the comedian. Kathrine McKee’s attorney is asking the full 1st ...
Nov 03, 2017
Liberals to close PPP Canada after new infrastructure bank opens
OTTAWA - A federal agency that prodded governments to partner with the private sector on large construction projects is set to close as the Liberals prepare to launch their new infrastructure financin...
Nov 03, 2017
Rae urged to pressure Myanmar's neighbours to stop military's Rohingya crackdown
OTTAWA - Canada’s special envoy for the Rohingya crisis, Bob Rae, should enlist some of Myanmar’s influential Asian neighbours to help stop attacks against its minority Muslim population, ...
Nov 03, 2017