Category Archives: Canadian Press
Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test
MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers th...
Dec 12, 2018
US officials: China poses serious national security threat
WASHINGTON - Cyber threats from China and its theft of intellectual property from American companies pose large economic and national security challenges for the United States, national security offic...
Dec 12, 2018
Congress approves $400 billion for farmers, forests, poor
WASHINGTON - After months of debate and negotiation, Congress voted final approval Wednesday to a massive farm bill that will provide more than $400 billion for agriculture subsidies, conservation pro...
Dec 12, 2018
Canada says entrepreneur feared detained in China
TORONTO - A second Canadian man is feared detained in China in what appears to be retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei. The possible arrest raise...
Dec 12, 2018
Governor: Norfolk Southern moving headquarters to Atlanta
ATLANTA - Railroad company Norfolk Southern Corp. is moving its headquarters from Norfolk, Virginia, to Atlanta, bringing with it 850 jobs and more than $500 million in economic investment, Georgia Go...
Dec 12, 2018
Real Madrid, Man U pay price for fielding weakened teams
Two of European soccer’s grandest clubs paid the price for fielding weakened teams on the final night of Champions League group play, with Real Madrid slumping to a record home loss and Manchest...
Dec 12, 2018
Residents near Canada-U.S. border to be paid for asylum seeker disruption: Ottawa
OTTAWA - Quebecers living by the Canada-United States border where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017 will be eligible for payments of up to $25,000, the federa...
Dec 12, 2018
Experts struggle with ethics of assisted death for people with mental disorders
OTTAWA - Experts the federal government charged with looking at whether people suffering only from mental disorders should be eligible for medically assisted death couldn’t even agree on what ev...
Dec 12, 2018
Pizza shared with media camped outside Vancouver home of Huawei CFO
VANCOUVER - A pizza delivery to the Vancouver home of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou turned into an offer of lunch on Wednesday for members of the media camped outside. When six pizza were delivered to...
Dec 12, 2018
Few veterans at Canada's junior hockey camp, but newcomers bring confidence
COLWOOD, B.C. - An undrafted player who is leading the scoring race in the Western Hockey League hopes his breakout season will soon be rewarded with a spot on Canada’s junior hockey team. Brett...
Dec 12, 2018