Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec labour minister threatening special law in event of construction strike
MONTREAL - Quebec’s labour minister is threatening to bring in a special law in the event of a general strike in the province’s construction industry. Construction companies and labour fed...
May 23, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at the incomes of parents and children at age 30
OTTAWA - A new study from Statistics Canada says that Canadian children have, on average, fared better financially than their parents. The study compared family incomes of parents and children at age ...
May 23, 2017
Growth council's new tasks: unlock business spending, broaden job skills help
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s influential team of economic advisers is pursuing solutions to an issue that has preoccupied policy-makers for years: how to open the spigot on business investm...
May 23, 2017
Court set to OK deal in harassment class action by female RCMP employees
TORONTO - Approval of a settlement in a class action by sexually harassed Mounties is expected Wednesday, paving the way for tens of millions of dollars to start flowing to the women. During the heari...
May 23, 2017
Some musicians cancel concerts after Manchester blast
NEW YORK - The suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England has shaken the music world, with some artists cancelling upcoming gigs and others planning to go ahead as scheduled. B...
May 23, 2017
Video of fight with Syrian, Canadian students sparks protest at Alberta school
RED DEER, Alta. - Educators and RCMP are trying to keep the peace at a central Alberta school after someone posted a video on social media of a fight between a small group of Syrian and Canadian stude...
May 23, 2017
Ottawa to announce crackdown on boats abandoned on Canadian coasts
HALIFAX - Sunken sailboats, derelict ships and rusted out bulk carriers: The abandoned stuff of Maritime pursuits left to sully the country’s coastline seem as inescapably tied to our oceans as ...
May 23, 2017
Neighbor charged in Ohio fire that killed 5 kids, 2 adults
AKRON, Ohio - A neighbour of a family that died in a house fire was charged Tuesday with intentionally setting it ablaze, killing two adults and five children. Stanley Ford, 58, was charged with aggra...
May 23, 2017
Police: Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy found dead
ORLANDO, Fla. - Hall of Fame defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy has died in Orlando. The Orlando Police Department confirmed that the 48-year-old Kennedy was found dead Tuesday morning. Police public inf...
May 23, 2017
Congressman quits post in GOP group over health care bill
WASHINGTON - A New Jersey Republican congressman who helped push the House health care bill to passage quit his post Tuesday as a chairman of the chamber’s moderate Tuesday Group, criticizing co...
May 23, 2017