Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada Post warns of massive losses after back-to-work bill becomes law
OTTAWA - Canada Post on Tuesday revealed deeper losses it’s booking because of a massive pay-equity order this year, while the federal government insisted back-to-work legislation that sent stri...
Nov 27, 2018
Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plunge
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight spacecraft sent back a “nice and dirty” snapshot of its new digs. Yet the dust-speckled image looked like a...
Nov 27, 2018
Food agency taking steps to prevent entry of lettuce suspected in E. coli cases
OTTAWA - The federal government is advising the food industry not to import romaine lettuce from areas in the U.S. suspected of producing lettuce contaminated with E. coli. The Canadian Food Inspectio...
Nov 27, 2018
Quebec domestic violence victim awarded $315,000 in civil suit against attacker
MONTREAL - A court has awarded a Quebec woman who was violently attacked by her longtime partner $315,000 in damages in a decision her lawyer hopes will provide victims of domestic violence another av...
Nov 27, 2018
'Proud and honoured': Posthumous award for kindness advocate Becca Schofield
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick teenager who inspired people around the world to perform random acts of kindness has been honoured posthumously with the Order of New Brunswick, and remembered as someone...
Nov 27, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 27
Six stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 26 --- ROTATING POSTAL STRIKES TO END TODAY Mail service will resume all across the country at noon today after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end t...
Nov 27, 2018
GM job cuts, closures not a symptom of Trump's trade agenda, analysts say
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s tariff battles with Canada, Mexico, China and Europe have inflated the cost of steel, making it more expensive to build cars in North America, but General Motors̵...
Nov 27, 2018
Day parole granted to woman convicted in Stefanie Rengel killing
KITCHENER, Ont. - A young woman who sexually blackmailed her boyfriend into killing a 14-year-old girl she saw as a rival more than a decade ago must report any relationships she has with men while li...
Nov 27, 2018
Freed academic returns to Britain from UAE after spy pardon
LONDON - Academic Matthew Hedges arrived back in Britain Tuesday after being pardoned and released by the United Arab Emirates from a spying conviction, ending an ordeal that had strained relations be...
Nov 27, 2018
South Korea apologizes over vagrants' detention, forced work
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s top public prosecutor apologized Tuesday over what he described as a botched investigation into the enslavement and mistreatment of thousands of people ...
Nov 26, 2018