Category Archives: Canadian Press
Yale professor discusses bestselling book 'On Tyranny'
NEW YORK - Timothy Snyder would have preferred a different path to the bestseller lists. The Yale University professor and scholar of European history, whose books include “Bloodlands: Europe Be...
May 10, 2017
Canada's largest pension fund manager and Alberta fund oppose Bombardier pay policy
MONTREAL - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Alberta Investment Management Corp. have joined several large institutional investors in withholding support for the re-election of Bombardier&#...
May 10, 2017
Hillary Clinton to speak at book publishing convention
NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton is coming to next month’s publishing convention. The former presidential candidate, secretary of state and U.S. senator will speak June 1 at BookExpo, the publishing i...
May 10, 2017
Toronto school board cuts off Wi-Fi access to Snapchat, Instagram and Netflix
TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board is blocking those using its Wi-Fi from accessing Snapchat, Instagram and Netflix, which it says are bogging down the network. The Toronto District School ...
May 10, 2017
Kosovo government loses no-confidence vote, coalition fails
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo’s government on Wednesday lost a no-confidence vote, setting the scene for an early election following months of political deadlock over a border demarcation deal that ...
May 10, 2017
Quebec floods: water levels down but heavy rain expected on the weekend
MONTREAL - While water levels continued their slow decline in some parts of Quebec on Wednesday, the province’s environment minister warned the situation could deteriorate in others this weekend...
May 10, 2017
Lawyer for student charged in murder challenges friend's memory of bloody man
HALIFAX - The lawyer for a university medical student accused of murder tried to cast doubt on the memory of a neighbour who claimed he saw a bloody man in his apartment. Pookiel McCabe was testifying...
May 10, 2017
Mounties recall confused response to Moncton massacre: 'We're heavily out-armed'
MONCTON, N.B. - A hushed Moncton courtroom heard the alarmed voice Wednesday of a senior Mountie calling for help as “heavily out-armed” officers tried to track a gunman out to assassinate...
May 10, 2017
Nova Scotia Tories promise to spend $34 million to revive film tax credit
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives are promising to bring back a refundable film tax credit if elected May 30, taking aim at the creative-industry workers the Tories need to win o...
May 10, 2017
The Latest: Trump assails critic as 'Cryin' Chuck Schumer'
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the firing of FBI Director James Comey (all times local): 4:40 a.m. Amid the clamour surrounding the firing of FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump singled out o...
May 10, 2017