Category Archives: Canadian Press
Wynne says Ontario will make small change to help first-time home buyers
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government’s plan to help first-time home buyers get into the red-hot Toronto housing market consists of “minor adjustments,” not a ...
Nov 10, 2016
Defence lawyer in New Brunswick python case says Mounties broke deal
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Jean-Claude Savoie has been found not guilty of criminal negligence in the deaths of two boys killed by his escaped python in northern New Brunswick, and now his lawyer says the RC...
Nov 10, 2016
Top court dismisses police attempt to appeal G20 class-action approval
TORONTO - Two class-action lawsuits arising out of the chaotic Toronto G20 summit more than six years ago appear destined for trial after the country’s highest court refused on Thursday to get i...
Nov 10, 2016
Applications for US unemployment aid fall from 3-month high
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, the latest sign that companies are holding onto their workers. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications ...
Nov 10, 2016
Prosecutor seeks life term for jailed Turkish author
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says a prosecutor is seeking a life term in prison for author and columnist Asli Erdogan, whom he accuses of membership in an armed terror organiz...
Nov 10, 2016
Election night narrowly misses a TV ratings record
NEW YORK - An estimated 71.4 million Americans watched returns electing Republican Donald Trump the next president on prime-time television Tuesday, narrowly missing a record set eight years ago on th...
Nov 10, 2016
Russia eyes better ties with Trump; says contacts underway
MOSCOW - A top Russian diplomat and Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Thursday that Russian experts were in contact with some members of President-elect Donald Trump’s staff during the presi...
Nov 10, 2016
Couple accused of having 276 dogs get deadline to take deal
HOWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A judge has told a couple accused of having 276 dogs in their bi-level New Jersey home that they have until next week to plead guilty or else face a trial on more than 550 anim...
Nov 10, 2016
British royal trip comes as Bahrain unrest far from over
DIRAZ, Bahrain - In the small town of Diraz, just a few miles from where Prince Charles met with Bahrain’s royals, there is graffiti demanding the death of the Gulf island’s monarch, armou...
Nov 10, 2016
Mr Trump comes to Washington: Triumphant tour for the victor
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital Thursday, holding a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketching out priorities wit...
Nov 10, 2016