Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former SEAL Zinke tapped to lead Interior Department
BILLINGS, Mont. - Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana made no secret of his ambitions to join a Donald Trump Cabinet, and yet his nomination as interior secretary is in some ways an unlikely fit for the retire...
Dec 14, 2016
Trump tells anxious tech leaders: 'We're here to help'
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump, who faced fierce opposition from some Silicon Valley leaders during the election campaign, strove to assure the titans of tech on Wednesday that his administra...
Dec 14, 2016
Tech leaders to make peace, or press their case, with Trump
SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley leaders were among Donald Trump’s most outspoken opponents during the presidential campaign. On Wednesday, though, many of them will come face-to-face with the pre...
Dec 14, 2016
US industrial production fell 0.4 per cent in November
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production dropped sharply in November as power plants reduced output because of unusually warm weather. The Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that output at America̵...
Dec 14, 2016
Democrats warn Trump hotel could turn into big headache
WASHINGTON - House Democrats warned on Wednesday that they’ll make Donald Trump’s splashy new Washington hotel a big headache if he doesn’t dump his ownership stake in it before taki...
Dec 14, 2016
Feds scrap controversial first-come, first-serve parent visa application process
OTTAWA - Coveted spots for the parent and grandparent visa program will be awarded by lottery in 2017 after the federal Liberals have scrapped the old first-come, first-serve system that had raised co...
Dec 14, 2016
Parliamentary budget watchdog puts new numbers to Liberal child benefit
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget watchdog says the government’s cornerstone child benefit will end up costing billions more after the next election if its value increases with the cost of livin...
Dec 14, 2016
Newtown marks 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre
NEWTOWN, Conn. - Newtown held a moment of silence Wednesday and flags were flying at half-staff across Connecticut to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was D...
Dec 14, 2016
Tainted peanut butter leads to $11.2M penalty a decade later
ALBANY, Ga. - A decade after hundreds of Americans got sick from eating Peter Pan peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, the company that sold it made an embarrassing courtroom guilty plea and ag...
Dec 14, 2016
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 92, looks to 2018 elections
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s ruling party says the country’s 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, is certain to be endorsed as the party’s presidential candidate for elections in 2...
Dec 14, 2016