Category Archives: Canadian Press
Audit finds boosters of Muskrat Falls megaproject 'understated' its costs
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - An audit has found Newfoundland’s Nalcor Energy may have overstated the potential value of its Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject - and prematurely dismissed alternat...
Sep 21, 2018
Waterloo Warriors football program on the rise following drug scandal
WATERLOO, Ont. - They took back their city last weekend. Now, quarterback Tre Ford and the upstart Waterloo Warriors have set their sights on taking down the defending national champions. Ford’s...
Sep 21, 2018
Liberal leader doubles down on notion that $75 weekly grocery bill is possible
MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is standing by his claim that $75 is enough for a family of three to feed itself for a week, saying it just requires a lot of work and an eye for bargains....
Sep 21, 2018
Ontario students walk out of class to protest sex-ed curriculum changes
TORONTO - Students across Ontario walked out of class on Friday to protest the provincial government’s decision to repeal a modernized version of the sex-ed curriculum. The walkouts - called ...
Sep 21, 2018
N.S. to mark little-known connection to David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Legion
WINDSOR, N.S. - Before he became Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion earned 50 cents a day as a soldier and slept on the ground in bell tents in the small town of Windsor, N.S. His r...
Sep 21, 2018
AP Interview: Chopin contest winner praises old pianos
WARSAW, Poland - The winner of the world’s 1st Chopin competition on historic pianos says the search for the original sound restores the appeal of classical music and helps artists understand th...
Sep 21, 2018
Guatemalan gets 16 years in crash that killed Colts player
INDIANAPOLIS - A man from Guatemala living illegally in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to the maximum of 16 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin J...
Sep 21, 2018
Feds launch review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government is not assuming the National Energy Board will once again recommend the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion go forward as he asks it...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and ...
Sep 21, 2018