Category Archives: Canadian Press
Crews start taking fuel off sunken tug on B.C. central coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Salvage crews began siphoning more than 200,000 litres of diesel Monday from a sunken tug off British Columbia’s central coast. A situation report on the cleanup operation sa...
Oct 17, 2016
Newspaper publisher abandons essay contest to find new owner
HARDWICK, Vt. - The owner and publisher of a weekly Vermont newspaper has abandoned his plan for an essay contest to find a new owner for it because he failed to get enough entries. Ross Connelly said...
Oct 17, 2016
Trudeau nominates first Newfoundlander, Justice Malcolm Rowe, to Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used a new nomination process to appoint the first born-and-bred Newfoundlander to the bench of the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Malcolm Rowe will join t...
Oct 17, 2016
Chinese real estate billionaire says customers troubled by Vancouver tax
MONTREAL - One of China’s top real estate moguls says his customers are troubled by British Columbia’s tax on foreigners purchasing homes in Vancouver and he intends to raise the matter wi...
Oct 17, 2016
Elmo's World returning to 'Sesame Street' in January
NEW YORK - Preschoolers can explore an updated version of Elmo’s World when the new season of “Sesame Street” debuts next year. Sesame Workshop says it’s making new episodes of...
Oct 17, 2016
Austria: Hitler's house will be remodeled, not torn down
VIENNA - The building where Adolf Hitler was born may be spared demolition, but emerge heavily disguised. On Monday, Austria’s interior minister, Wolfgang Sobotka, told the daily Die Presse that...
Oct 17, 2016
Federal panel set up to explore the mysteries of youth employment
OTTAWA - Canada could soon find itself facing unexpected economic and social fallout without a clearer picture of where and how young people are failing in the labour market, says the chairwoman of a ...
Oct 17, 2016
Suspect in Jays beer can tossing case no longer works for Postmedia
TORONTO - A man who was charged after allegedly tossing a beer can towards a Baltimore outfielder during a high-intensity Blue Jays playoff game is no longer employed at the media company he worked fo...
Oct 17, 2016
Als receivers tweet farewell messages amid reports they've been released
MONTREAL - Duron Carter’s controversy-ridden stay with the Montreal Alouettes ended Monday when he and fellow receiver Kenny Stafford were released by the CFL club. The team gave no explanation ...
Oct 17, 2016
Manitoba RCMP tweet as slain teen in effort to stir leads in cold case
An unorthodox social media campaign that sees police tweeting from the perspective of a 15-year-old murder victim is serving its purpose by making the teenager seem more like a person than a statistic...
Oct 17, 2016