Category Archives: Canadian Press
Commercial real estate sales hit quarterly record as investors hunt yields
CALGARY - Real estate firm CBRE says Canada hit a record level for commercial real estate sales in the third quarter and is on track to beat an annual record set during the 2007 boom. The firm says sa...
Dec 07, 2016
Provincial police have no plans to stop patrolling Algonquin reserve: minister
QUEBEC - Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux says provincial police have no plans to unilaterally stop patrolling an Algonquin reserve in the northwestern region of Quebec. A chief from the Lac-Si...
Dec 07, 2016
Debate over pipeline projects takes centre stage for Assembly of First Nations
GATINEAU, Que. - A First Nations leader from northern Alberta is urging his fellow chiefs to resist buying into the arguments of environmentalists opposed to pipeline projects and the oilsands. Fort M...
Dec 07, 2016
Feds set to pick new military rescue plane 14 years after project started
OTTAWA - One of the longest and most contentious defence procurements in Canadian history will inch closer to conclusion Thursday when the federal government announces a replacement for the military&#...
Dec 07, 2016
Reputed mobster pleads guilty in plot to kill crime rival
NEWARK, N.J. - A Nevada man who authorities say is a member of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO’s “The Sopranos” has admitted plotting the death of an org...
Dec 07, 2016
Glencore, Qatari fund buy 19.5 per cent in Russia's Rosneft
MOSCOW - Commodities giant Glencore and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund have together acquired a 19.5 per cent stake in Russia’s top state-controlled oil company, Rosneft, in a deal worth 10...
Dec 07, 2016
National concussion protocol to apply to amateur sport groups, minister says
OTTAWA - Professional sports leagues won’t be compelled to adopt national standards on identifying and treating concussions - including when athletes can return to play - but they’ll certa...
Dec 07, 2016
Abuses warrant tossing case against suspected Egyptian terrorist, court urged
TORONTO - The case against an Egyptian man long branded a terrorist threat has been riddled with so many problems over the years that a judge should have ended the proceedings, Federal Court of Appeal...
Dec 07, 2016
FIFA to use video replays for 1st time in Japan test
ZURICH - Referees will be able use video replays at this month’s Club World Cup in Japan to help them make “match-changing” decisions in the first ever use of broadcast TV feeds by m...
Dec 07, 2016
Judge refuses Brad Pitt's request to seal custody filings
LOS ANGELES - A judge on Wednesday rejected Brad Pitt’s request to seal details about custody arrangements in his divorce from Angelina Jolie Pitt. Los Angeles Superior Court Richard J. Burdge J...
Dec 07, 2016