Category Archives: Canadian Press
Palestinians thank Canada for not supporting U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem
OTTAWA - Palestinian diplomats say they welcome the Trudeau government’s decision not to attend the controversial opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem on Monday. But a spokesman for ...
May 15, 2018
CIA nominee toughens interrogation stance, picks up support
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s CIA nominee appeared to be on a path toward confirmation as she picked up support from key Democrats Tuesday and toughened her public stance against harsh i...
May 15, 2018
Howie Mandel says comedy festival bigger than Gilbert Rozon
MONTREAL - Comedian Howie Mandel is promising a bigger and more exciting Just For Laughs festival this summer - even with founder Gilbert Rozon out of the picture. “Our whole thrust is moving fo...
May 15, 2018
Trade body: EU still providing illegal subsidies to Airbus
GENEVA - A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that the European Union continues to provide illegal subsidies to plane-maker Airbus, the latest in a string of tussles between the European man...
May 15, 2018
New Brunswick man sentenced to 15 years for child pornography charge in U.S.
A 50-year-old New Brunswick man who travelled to Ohio to meet a teenage girl has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for production of child pornography in the United States. Joseph Haggerty was arre...
May 15, 2018
Rescuers recover 4 bodies from capsized Indian ferry
HYDERABAD, India - Rescuers on Wednesday recovered four bodies from a river ferry which capsized in heavy winds in rural south India, leaving up to 40 people still missing and feared dead, an official...
May 15, 2018
Halifax jail conversion will see fewer barriers between inmates, guards
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s largest jail is removing barriers between guards and prisoners, aiming to decrease violence at the 17-year-old facility. Officers at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional ...
May 15, 2018
Quebec restaurant owners want labour law reform to include tip-sharing mechanism
MONTREAL - An association representing Quebec restaurant owners is calling on the province to include a tip-sharing mechanism in the labour code to address a wage gap between waiters and kitchen staff...
May 15, 2018
Tom Wolfe, pioneering 'New Journalist,' dead at 88
NEW YORK - Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of “New Journalism” who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wi...
May 15, 2018
Kellogg latest US brand to ditch crisis-wracked Venezuela
MARACAY, Venezuela - Kellogg Co. closed operations in Venezuela and laid off 300 workers Tuesday at a time of widespread hunger in the crisis-wracked South American nation. The Battle Creek, Michigan-...
May 15, 2018