Category Archives: Canadian Press
School bus ripped apart in dump truck crash, killing 2
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. - A school bus taking children on a field trip to a historic site collided with a dump truck on Thursday, ripping the bus apart and killing a student and a teacher. The crash left th...
May 17, 2018
Cdn arms sales to Ukraine a mystery as federal government keeps mum on exports
OTTAWA - Six months after the federal government opened the door to the export of Canadian-made weapons to Ukraine, which is locked in a war with separatist rebels, it remains a mystery as to whether ...
May 17, 2018
Former SNC-Lavalin exec charged with illegal federal political contributions
MONTREAL - A former executive of engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has been charged by Canada’s election watchdog with helping to orchestrate illegal political donations paid to federal political pa...
May 17, 2018
Quebec won't introduce tip-sharing mechanism sought by restaurant owners
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is nixing a proposal by restaurant owners to have a tip-pooling clause added to the province’s labour code to address a considerable wage gap among their employe...
May 17, 2018
Owner of $85M apartment offers trip to space with purchase
NEW YORK - The owner for a New York City condominium is offering a trip to outer space included with the purchase of an $85 million dollar apartment. The condo is a 15,000 square-foot duplex located o...
May 17, 2018
Seniors in long-term care facilities twice as likely to be on opioids: report
Seniors in long-term care facilities appeared to be twice as likely to be prescribed opioids compared to other people their age and three times as likely to be on antidepressants, according to 2016 da...
May 17, 2018
Ex-boyfriend of blast victim arrested on explosives charge
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Spa owner Ildiko Krajnyak was opening a package that had piled up with mail during her recent trip to her native Hungary when it exploded. News reports of the blast quickly reached...
May 17, 2018
Terror suspect loses a legal avenue as Supreme Court declines to hear case
OTTAWA - A terror suspect has one less legal avenue to try to stave off deportation after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his appeal. The federal government is trying to remove Mohamed Mah...
May 17, 2018
'Nowhere near close:' U.S. rebuffs Trudeau hope for quick NAFTA deal
WASHINGTON - The United States declared the NAFTA countries were nowhere close to a deal in a statement Thursday designed to douse expectations that an agreement might be just a few minor adjustments ...
May 17, 2018
About 10,000 homes were in N.B. flood areas, but damage still unclear:minister
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s environment minister has given a new sense of scale to the province’s record-setting floods, saying as many as 10,000 homes and businesses were within flood z...
May 17, 2018