Category Archives: Canadian Press
Changes at Manitoba legislature could lead to crackdown on protests: Opposition
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is transferring control over the legislature’s public rooms and outside grounds from government departments to the Speaker’s office - a move the Oppositi...
Oct 06, 2016
Redblacks look to strengthen hold on East against improving Riders
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks had a perfect record and were cruising in the CFL East when they met the winless Saskatchewan Roughriders in Week 5 of the season. An upset loss in Regina sent the Redbla...
Oct 06, 2016
Inspirational weekend? Authors hunker down ahead of Matthew
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - Genre fiction readers: Your next potboiler will likely involve a hurricane. That’s because dozens of indie authors - writers who eschew the traditional publishing world...
Oct 06, 2016
Quebec native affairs minister criticized for using term 'Indian time'
QUEBEC - A joke by Quebec’s native affairs minister stereotyping indigenous peoples’ concept of time did not go down well with at least one Cree official Thursday. Speaking at a news confe...
Oct 06, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 6 RCMP COMMISSIONER APOLOGIZES: RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson apologized Thursday to hundreds of current and former female officers and employees who w...
Oct 06, 2016
Engage early to avoid First Nations veto, AFN chief tells energy conference
OTTAWA - Free, prior and informed indigenous consent means the right to say yes or no to major resource projects, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations told an oil industry-sponsored ene...
Oct 06, 2016
Data shows steep ramp up in penalties on companies shifting profits abroad
CALGARY - Life is getting harder for Canadian multinationals trying to reduce taxes by transferring profits abroad. In its latest budget, the federal government committed to increasing enforcement eff...
Oct 06, 2016
About 200 assisted deaths under new law, but details impossible to come by
TORONTO - About 200 Canadians have received help killing themselves since legislation authorizing medically assisted suicide came into force in June, new figures obtained by The Canadian Press show, b...
Oct 06, 2016
Some of what was said Thursday about RCMP's landmark harassment settlement
OTTAWA - Some of what was said Thursday when RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson apologized and announced the details of a settlement with a group of female Mounties who alleged widespread bullying, abuse a...
Oct 06, 2016
Government deploys team to Haiti to assess needs after Hurricane Matthew
OTTAWA - The federal government has deployed a team to Haiti to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew and determine what assistance Canada can provide. “The team is in the field right no...
Oct 06, 2016