Category Archives: Canadian Press
Liberals taking new approach for billions in First Nations education funding
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is changing how Ottawa allocates nearly $2 billion in annual funding for First Nations education to help ensure on-reserve students benefit from support comparable to w...
Jan 21, 2019
Bernier's new party rakes in $300k in one weekend, party officials say
OTTAWA - Canada’s newest national political party is laughing all the way to the bank. On Friday morning the People’s Party of Canada became officially registered with Elections Canada, al...
Jan 21, 2019
Pastor predicted score in Patriots' AFC championship win
SKOWHEGAN, Maine - A Maine pastor who publicly predicted the final score of Sunday night’s AFC championship game isn’t claiming divine intervention. But he’s confident the New Englan...
Jan 21, 2019
Doug Ford says the Liberals' carbon tax will plunge Canada into recession
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford ratcheted up his rhetoric on Ottawa’s climate change plan Monday, warning that the carbon tax will plunge the country into recession - a claim disputed by experts and...
Jan 21, 2019
Coroner probes exposure death of Gilles Duceppe's mother outside seniors' home
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner will investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Gilles Duceppe’s mother after the 93-year-old woman was found Sunday in the snow outside an upscale Montre...
Jan 21, 2019
Robin Lehner, Mika Zibanejad, Patrick Kane named NHL's three stars
New York Islanders goaltender Robin Lehner, New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad and Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane have been named the NHL’s three stars for the week ending on Sun...
Jan 21, 2019
Woman convicted on terror charges thought govt was spying on her: psych report
TORONTO - A Toronto woman convicted of terror charges grew increasingly preoccupied with the notion that the Canadian government was spying on her in the years before she carried out an attack at a Ca...
Jan 21, 2019
Holy handcuffs! Arrest made in $1.4 million comics heist
BOCA RATON, Fla. - A few comic books from a stolen Batman collection worth $1.4 million have been recovered after an arrest in Arizona. News station ABC-15 in Phoenix reports that police charged Phill...
Jan 21, 2019
Scotland to return remains of now-extinct Newfoundland First Nation
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An Aboriginal leader was “delighted” Monday after a Scottish museum agreed to return the remains of two people from a disappeared Newfoundland First Nation. “...
Jan 21, 2019
Woman offers luxury Alberta home for just $25 and a flair for the written word
MILLARVILLE, Alta. - A southern Alberta woman who has been having trouble finding a buyer for her luxury home with a panoramic mountain view has turned to the power of the written word to help find a ...
Jan 21, 2019