Category Archives: Canadian Press
LA Kings D Tom Gilbert gets 3-game suspension for boarding
Los Angeles Kings defenceman Tom Gilbert has been given a three-game suspension for boarding Anaheim Ducks forward Nick Ritchie. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the suspension Th...
Nov 03, 2016
Liberals look at more changes to foreign investment rules
OTTAWA - The federal government’s decision to more quickly loosen rules on foreign investment in Canadian companies is a signal that the country is more open to international money and more chan...
Nov 03, 2016
Pedophile who directed abuse over Internet loses appeal of five-year jail term
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia pedophile who directed the abuse of young Filipino children over the Internet has lost his appeal of a five-year jail sentence. Jason Troy Pitts had adults in the Philippines d...
Nov 03, 2016

Trudeau defends minister Monsef over Iranian-Afghan nationality flap
OTTAWA - People who are criticizing the federal minister of democratic institutions in a flap over her country of birth are playing political games, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Maryam...
Nov 03, 2016

CSIS broke law by keeping sensitive metadata, Federal Court rules
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says Canada’s spy agency illegally kept potentially revealing electronic data about people who posed no security threat over a 10-year period. In a hard-hitting ru...
Nov 03, 2016
Scary 2016 election attracts its 1st actual ghoul candidate
BANGOR, Maine - An election cycle some have described as a fright appears to have attracted its first actual ghoul. Signs are popping up around Bangor, Maine, advertising the campaign of Pennywise, th...
Nov 03, 2016

Charles Bronfman writes about Expos, Seagram, Heritage Minutes in 'Distilled'
TORONTO - Canadian-born business magnate and philanthropist Charles Bronfman has worn many hats throughout his career, but sporting the tri-coloured cap of the Montreal Expos helped him emerge from th...
Nov 03, 2016
Panel poses six questions for federal approval of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - A panel struck last May to identify gaps in reviews of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says the government must answer six key questions before deciding the fate of the $6.8-b...
Nov 03, 2016

Key question on budget decisions, says Morneau: Do they grow the economy?
OTTAWA - Any new spending measures being pitched for the federal budget will have to demonstrate potential to help grow the economy if they expect to find favour with the Liberal government, Canada...
Nov 03, 2016

Federal government provides $2.9B loan guarantee support for Muskrat Falls
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The federal government is providing another $2.9 billion in loan guarantees for the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project — a move Newfoundland and Labrador’s premie...
Nov 03, 2016