Category Archives: Canadian Press
More land burned but fewer affected than last year: B.C. Wildfire Service
The B.C. government says although wildfires have broken last year’s record for the area of land burned, the human impacts have been much lower. Fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C...
Aug 30, 2018
Rachel Notley pulls Alberta out of federal climate plan after pipeline decision
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says a court decision striking down the approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a national crisis - and she’s pulling her provin...
Aug 30, 2018
Arbitrator sends Kaepernick's grievance against NFL to trial
PHILADELPHIA - Colin Kaepernick and his legal team are driving inside NFL territory, forcing the league and its 32 teams to brace for a defensive stand. An arbitrator is sending Kaepernick’s gri...
Aug 30, 2018
Proud to play: No-one missing as Canadian basketball women gather for camp
TORONTO - The pride in playing for Canada was nurtured from a very early age, says veteran forward Natalie Achonwa. And so, when the big guns of Canada’s women’s basketball team gathered f...
Aug 30, 2018
Purdue Pharma says it followed all regulations after B.C. lawsuit
VANCOUVER - Purdue Pharma says it has followed all of Health Canada’s regulations, including those governing marketing, after British Columbia filed a lawsuit this week trying to recoup the heal...
Aug 30, 2018
Trans Mountain pipeline ruling shakes central pillar of Trudeau agenda
OTTAWA - On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau painstakingly explained to students in Kapuskasing, Ont., how the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is a central pillar of his government&#...
Aug 30, 2018
Canada to play for bronze at women's baseball World Cup after loss to Taiwan
VIERA, Fla. - Taiwan erased an early four-run deficit to defeat Canada 6-4 on Thursday in the super-round finale for both teams at the women’s baseball World Cup. The result means Canada, the de...
Aug 30, 2018
Trump cancels pay raise due to federal workers in January
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is cancelling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, he informed Congress on Thursday, citing budget constraints. But the workers still coul...
Aug 30, 2018
Reaction to the Federal Court of Appeal decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned Ottawa’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Here’s what some are saying about the court decision: “As we move a...
Aug 30, 2018
CBC apologizes to NDP MP Christine Moore over relationship report
OTTAWA - The CBC apologized to NDP MP Christine Moore on Thursday for failing to meet all of its editorial standards. The network said in a story published on its website last May that Moore was the s...
Aug 30, 2018