Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pay problem case files becoming "more complicated," says deputy minister
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will likely miss a self-imposed Oct. 31 deadline for eliminating a backlog of problems with its new employee pay system. Marie Lemay, deputy minister of Public ...
Oct 19, 2016
US economy grows a bit faster in September, Fed says
WASHINGTON - U.S. economic growth picked up a bit as summer ended and fall began, supported by modest hiring, an uptick in consumer spending, and steady homebuilding, according to the Federal Reserve....
Oct 19, 2016
Gas explosion rocks Portland shopping district, injuring 8
PORTLAND, Ore. - A powerful natural gas explosion rocked a busy Portland, Oregon, shopping district Wednesday, injuring eight people and igniting a fire that sent a huge plume of smoke over the heart ...
Oct 19, 2016
Electoral reform needs 'substantial' support, clamour for change subsiding: PM
OTTAWA - Is Justin Trudeau laying the groundwork for reneging on his promise to make the 2015 federal election the last to be conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system? Or is the prime min...
Oct 19, 2016
Blue Jays manager shrugs off Bautista comment on Indians rookie pitcher
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Gibbons shrugged off the suggestion Wednesday that star slugger Jose Bautista had given the Indians some juicy bulletin-board material by suggesting rookie Cleveland p...
Oct 19, 2016
Guinea pigs in space: CSA announces human health experiment on space station
CALGARY - Astronauts headed to the International Space Station in 2018 won’t only be conducting their own experiments - they’ll be part of a bigger experiment themselves. The Canadian Spac...
Oct 19, 2016
Five things to know about Justin Trudeau one year after Liberal election win
OTTAWA - Canadians have no doubt learned a lot about Justin Trudeau in the year since he was elected prime minister. Here are five examples: 1. He plays his cards close to his chest. Before and during...
Oct 19, 2016
Canadian's remains found 3 years after he was swept away by landslide in New Zealand
HAAST, New Zealand - Police in New Zealand say they’ve found partial remains of a Canadian man whose vehicle went off a highway in the country three years ago. Connor Hayes and Joanna Lam were i...
Oct 19, 2016
Case of teens accused of sharing intimate images of girls put over to November
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Police and lawyers are seeing a rise in the number of investigations involving the sharing of intimate images without consent, according to a Crown attorney handling one of the lar...
Oct 19, 2016
Methylmercury levels expected to rise at Muskrat Falls reservoir: Nalcor
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Protesters at the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador were again blocking access to the work site late Wednesday in violation of an earlier court injunction. Nine ...
Oct 19, 2016