Category Archives: Canadian Press
NBC moving ahead with Megyn Kelly interview with Alex Jones
NEW YORK - NBC News is moving ahead with plans to air Megyn Kelly’s interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones this weekend despite a backlash that has cost the show advertisers and led to Ke...
Jun 13, 2017
Halifax medical student committed murder in bid to alleviate debt load: Crown
Halifax medical student William Sandeson lured Taylor Samson to his apartment and shot him in the back of the head during a drug deal as part of a scheme to alleviate his debt, a Crown lawyer argued T...
Jun 13, 2017
Bank of Canada's Poloz says 2015 rate cuts to help economy have 'done their job'
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada sent out more signals Tuesday that it’s moving closer to an interest-rate hike as the economy continues to strengthen. Governor Stephen Poloz told the CBC in an inter...
Jun 13, 2017
CAPP forecasts 33 per cent oil production climb by 2030 despite slowing growth
CALGARY - The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers expects oil production to climb 33 per cent by 2030 even as pipeline constraints and competition for investment threaten to slow future growth...
Jun 13, 2017
Military's much-delayed new helicopters return to limited service
HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Air Force has resumed limited flights on its new Cyclone helicopters after a software problem grounded the aircraft for nine weeks and created delays in training air crew....
Jun 13, 2017
Lady Brexit meets Monsieur Europe: May, Macron hold talks
PARIS - She wants to escape the European Union, he wants to embolden it. British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron held talks Tuesday from opposite sides of the Brexit fr...
Jun 13, 2017
EU launches legal action against 3 countries over refugees
BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday launched legal action against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland for failing to respect their commitment to take in refugees. The Commission, which ...
Jun 13, 2017
Spanish state prosecutor accuses Ronaldo of tax fraud
BARCELONA, Spain - A Spanish state prosecutor accused Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding Spain’s tax office of 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) in unpaid taxes on Tuesday. In ...
Jun 13, 2017
Quebec police suspect double murder-suicide in slayings at nudist campsite
SAINTE-BRIGITTE-DES-SAULTS, Que. - The deaths of a 50-year-old woman and two men in their 70s at a Quebec nudist campsite appear to have been a double murder followed by a suicide that stemmed from a ...
Jun 13, 2017
Father of freed student says son was 'brutalized' by captors
WYOMING, Ohio - The father of an American college student released by North Korea and now hospitalized in a coma says his son was “brutalized” by his captors. Fred Warmbier told Fox News...
Jun 13, 2017