Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa slams Saskatchewan over private MRIs that let 'people jump the queue'
REGINA - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Saskatchewan needs to stop allowing people who can pay for private MRI scans to jump the queue or risk losing health-care funding. Saskatchewan̵...
Nov 28, 2016
Saskatchewan reaches deal with Ottawa on future of coal-fired power plants
REGINA - Saskatchewan says it has reached a deal with Ottawa that will allow the province to keep using coal-fired power plants in “a responsible manner” beyond 2030. The agreement will al...
Nov 28, 2016
Canadian women drop to No. 3 in rugby rankings as England moves up after win
TORONTO - England’s 39-6 weekend win over Canada has moved the Red Roses back into second spot in the world women’s rugby rankings at the expense of the Canadians. New Zealand, which beat ...
Nov 28, 2016
The Latest: Pence says 'hearts go out' to Ohio State victims
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Latest on an attack at the Ohio State University campus (all times local): 7:50 p.m. Republican Vice-President-elect Mike Pence says his team’s “hearts go out to the f...
Nov 28, 2016
Nova Scotia teachers begin work-to-rule next Monday, don't plan to strike yet
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia teachers are withdrawing from extracurricular activities as of next Monday as they start work-to-rule, but have no immediate plans to walk off the job altogether. The union said ...
Nov 28, 2016
Terrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was s...
Nov 28, 2016
Trade body says Boeing was offered illegal tax breaks in US
GENEVA - U.S. plane maker Boeing received major illegal tax breaks from Washington state, a world trade body ruled Monday, adding that the federal government should now take action to end that support...
Nov 28, 2016
Controversy in Russia over Holocaust ice dance routine
MOSCOW - An Olympic ice-dancing gold medallist and her dancing partner have caused controversy by dressing up in concentration camp uniforms for a routine on a popular television show. Tatiana Navka, ...
Nov 28, 2016
Soccer coach at centre of English abuse scandal hospitalized
LONDON - The coach at the centre of English soccer’s sex abuse scandal has been hospitalized. Barry Bennell, a former youth-team coach with professional clubs who was convicted on three separate...
Nov 28, 2016
Ontario announces participants in self-driving car pilot project
WATERLOO, Ont. - Self-driving vehicles are hitting Ontario streets, after the province became the first in Canada to open a pilot project to test the automated vehicles on public roads. Transportation...
Nov 28, 2016