Category Archives: Canadian Press
NATO chief: US allies to spend $12 billion more this year
BRUSSELS - NATO’s chief says U.S. allies are projected to spend around $12 billion more on defence this year, after President Donald Trump berated them for failing to boost military budgets. NAT...
Jun 28, 2017
N.S. premier encourages first Acadian lieutenant-governor to raise Acadian flag
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s new lieutenant-governor took office Wednesday, the province’s first Acadian to represent the Crown centuries after the Expulsion. Arthur LeBlanc, sworn in as the 33...
Jun 28, 2017
Peter Mansbridge promises low-key sign-off as he leaves 'The National' anchor chair
TORONTO - Peter Mansbridge doesn’t want to make a fuss about leaving the anchor’s chair at CBC’s “The National.” Nearly a year after telling viewers he planned to retire ...
Jun 28, 2017
Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian ...
Jun 28, 2017
Kushner lawyer seasoned in navigating Washington scandals
WASHINGTON - Abbe Lowell’s clients have included some of the country’s most prominent politicians, companies and celebrities. The latest addition to the lawyer’s list: Jared Kushner,...
Jun 28, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, June 28
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, June 28 --- FEDS CONFIDENT OF SOFTWOOD VICTORY New U.S. anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood announced this week were lower than expected and that has Natu...
Jun 28, 2017
The Latest: Kaspersky says cyberattack involved new malware
PARIS - The Latest on a widespread cyberattack that is affecting companies and government systems (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Kaspersky Lab says a massive cyberattack that has locked computers across...
Jun 28, 2017
The text of the speech "A Lament for Confederation" by Chief Dan George
VANCOUVER - The text of Chief Dan George’s speech “A Lament for Confederation:” How long have I known you, Oh Canada? A hundred years? Yes, a hundred years. And many, many seelanum m...
Jun 28, 2017
Canada 150: Chief Dan George's powerful indigenous-rights speech, 50 years later
VANCOUVER - Leonard George remembers the first time he heard his father, Chief Dan George, deliver his moving and prophetic speech on indigenous rights, “A Lament for Confederation.” It wa...
Jun 28, 2017
'That stuff lives with you:' Juror advocate sympathizes with triple-murder jury
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A female juror who was randomly dismissed in the trial of Derek Saretzky erupted in anger as she left court Wednesday, leaving her compatriots to find the 24-year-old guilty of bru...
Jun 28, 2017