Category Archives: Canadian Press
Wilson-Raybould said impaired driving bill would not violate charter rights
Demanding a breath sample from a motorist is no different than asking for their licence and registration, Canada’s justice minister argued Thursday as the federal Liberal government defended its...
May 11, 2017
N.B. wryly roasts Ottawa for erroneously placing famous rock formation in N.S.
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick had to give Ottawa a geography lesson - Twitter-style - after a federal agency mistakenly put the famous Hopewell Rocks in Nova Scotia. The “flower pot” rocks a...
May 11, 2017
Jason Botterill leaves Penguins to take over as Sabres' GM
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Jason Botterill has no second thoughts over leaving the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins while they are in the midst of yet another playoff run. The lure of returning to the Buff...
May 11, 2017
Aaron Hernandez's fiancee to speak on 'Dr. Phil' show
BOSTON - The fiancee of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez says she thought his suicide was a hoax. Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez says in an interview on “Dr. Phil” scheduled to air next week ...
May 11, 2017
Federal cost of natural disaster help has been steadily rising since 1970
GATINEAU, Que. - The increasing number and intensity of natural disasters in Canada pushed Ottawa’s bills for federal help to $360 million a year since 2011 - three times what the annual cost wa...
May 11, 2017
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, JFK items being auctioned
NEW YORK - A watercolour painting by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the former first lady’s Cartier watch, and a hand-annotated speech by John F. Kennedy that he later incorporated into his “...
May 11, 2017
Mormon church severs some of its ties to the Boy Scouts.
SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church, the biggest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, announced Thursday it is pulling as many as 185,000 older youths from the organization as part of an e...
May 11, 2017
Norway reverse 40-year-old ban on reptiles
COPENHAGEN - The Norwegian government has reversed a 40-year-old ban to allow 19 kinds of reptiles to be held as pets. Norway’s Agriculture and Food Ministry which also handles laws concerning d...
May 11, 2017
Air Canada to launch its own loyalty rewards program in 2020 to replace Aeroplan
TORONTO - Air Canada said Thursday it will launch its own loyalty rewards plan in 2020 and not renew its contract with the company running Aeroplan, sending Aimia’s stock plummeting by more than...
May 11, 2017
Groups want hearings on proposal to grow genetically modified salmon in P.E.I.
ROLLO BAY, P.E.I. - Environmental groups say public hearings should be held on a proposed factory in P.E.I. that would produce the world’s first genetically modified salmon for human consumption...
May 11, 2017