Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Sustained' rain needed to end devastating B.C. wildfire season: officials
INVERMERE, B.C. - Hundreds of homes have burned and nearly half a billion dollars has been spent, but officials say there’s no end in sight for British Columbia’s devastating wildfire seas...
Sep 6, 2017
Germany opens memorial to Israelis killed at 1972 Olympics
BERLIN - The presidents of Germany and Israel on Wednesday inaugurated a memorial to 11 Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer killed 45 years ago during an attack by a Palestin...
Sep 6, 2017
Timeline of key dates in Liberal Sudbury byelection scandal
SUDBURY, Ont. - A trial is set to begin Thursday for two Ontario Liberals on Election Act bribery charges. Pat Sorbara, a former Ontario Liberal Party CEO, and Gerry Lougheed, a Sudbury Liberal fundra...
Sep 6, 2017
Nurses raise spectre of disruptions over N.S. bill: 'They'd have to close units'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s nurses union is raising the spectre of hospital units being shut because of discontent over the province’s decision to impose a labour bill on 75,000 public sector ...
Sep 6, 2017
First Nation leaders to press Desjardins to stop funding oilsands pipelines
CALGARY - First Nation leaders opposed to the oilsands say they are meeting with senior executives at Desjardins Group Thursday to try and convince the credit union to make its moratorium on new pipel...
Sep 6, 2017
Trial for two Liberals on Election Act bribery charges to start in Sudbury
Two Ontario Liberals go on trial Thursday on Election Act bribery charges stemming from a 2015 byelection in Sudbury, but the stakes are also high for Premier Kathleen Wynne herself. The Sudbury trial...
Sep 6, 2017
US services sector expanded at stronger rate in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. services businesses grew at a faster pace in August as measures for new orders and hiring improved, though some of those gains could disappear temporarily in the wake of damage from ...
Sep 6, 2017
Ontario to review school curriculum as student math scores decline
TORONTO - Ontario is looking to overhaul its school curriculum with a focus on math, an announcement that comes one week after standardized test results showed flat or falling math scores among public...
Sep 6, 2017
'Boomer and Carton' radio co-host Craig Carton arrested
NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton was arrested Wednesday on fraud charges alleging he and others used a Ponzi scheme and a concert ticket-selling scam for acts including Katy Perry to t...
Sep 6, 2017
Injured Murray says he is unlikely to play again this season
LONDON - Andy Murray says he is unlikely to play again this season because of his hip injury. The second-ranked Murray says he will miss the upcoming events in Beijing and Shanghai, and most likely th...
Sep 6, 2017