Category Archives: Canadian Press
New home for Calgary Flames estimated to cost up to $600 million
CALGARY - An event centre in Calgary that would also be the new home of the NHL’s Flames is estimated to cost between $550 million and $600 million. A city council event centre committee was pre...
Dec 14, 2018
Forward Alex Formenton to miss world juniors with injury
COLWOOD, B.C. - Six players were released Friday from Canada’s world junior hockey team roster and one veteran forward was ruled out of the upcoming championship tournament due to injury. Eleven...
Dec 14, 2018
Apple strikes deal to produce new 'Peanuts' content
LOS ANGELES - Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the “Peanuts” crew will have a new home on Apple’s streaming service. Apple has struck a deal with DHX Media to produce new “PeanutsR...
Dec 14, 2018
GM says it has 2,700 jobs for workers slated to be laid off
DETROIT - General Motors’ plans to lay off 14,000 salaried and blue-collar workers might not be as bad as originally projected. The company said Friday that 2,700 out of the 3,300 U.S. factory j...
Dec 14, 2018
Trump club is in tax break zone, but is unlikely to benefit
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s company owns a golf club in an Opportunity Zone offering developers massive tax breaks, but experts say it is unlikely it could take advantage of them. The Tr...
Dec 14, 2018
Salt Lake City gets go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics - most likely for 2030 - in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. ...
Dec 14, 2018
CN Rail reaches tentative agreement with 2,100 Canadian mechanics, electricians
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway and the union that represents its 2,100 mechanics, electricians and apprentices in Canada say they have reached a tentative collective agreement. No details of the...
Dec 14, 2018
Government funding cut a financial blow for Ontario midwives, association says
TORONTO - The association representing Ontario midwives is “very disappointed” about the province’s decision to cut funding to the birth practitioners’ regulatory college, sayi...
Dec 14, 2018
Trudeau expects cannabis supply shortages to be fixed within a year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the biggest challenge associated with the legalization of cannabis has been the supply shortage - but he expects it to disappear within a year. In an end-of...
Dec 14, 2018
Drug trafficker back in Canadian prison 23 years after fleeing custody
MONTREAL - A convicted drug trafficker who vanished while on leave from a Canadian prison more than 23 years ago has been returned by American authorities. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sai...
Dec 14, 2018