Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds to compel pay equity for all workers in federally-regulated sectors
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will bring in legislation in 2018 to compel all employers in federally regulated sectors to ensure men and women get equal pay for work of equal value. The legislation ...
Oct 05, 2016
Jays promise tougher security, alcohol policies after beer-throwing incident
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays expressed “extreme disappointment” and vowed to tighten their security and alcohol policies after a spectator hurled a beer can at a Baltimore outfielder du...
Oct 05, 2016
Activists blast 'O'Reilly Factor' Chinatown piece as racist
LOS ANGELES - Watchdog and activist groups are outraged by a Fox News Channel segment in which an interviewer asked people in New York’s Chinatown if he was supposed to bow to greet them, if the...
Oct 05, 2016
Canadian lumber executives press softwood deal with U.S. trade representative
MONTREAL - Canadian lumber and government officials told the U.S. trade representative that any new softwood lumber agreement must reflect the differences in forestry regimes across the country. The c...
Oct 05, 2016
They'll always have Paris: Commons votes to ratify global climate deal
OTTAWA - The House of Commons voted Wednesday to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change, cementing a cornerstone of the Liberal government’s environmental policy and helping to tip the sca...
Oct 05, 2016
Blue Jays announce starters for American League division series against Texas
TORONTO - Marco Estrada will get the start for Toronto when the Blue Jays open their American League division series against Texas tomorrow. The Blue Jays have announced their rotation for the first f...
Oct 05, 2016
Former real-estate executive to serve community sentence for multimillion fraud
CALGARY - A former real-estate investment executive who pleaded guilty to his part in a multimillion-dollar fraud will not be serving time behind bars. Varun Aurora has been sentenced to two years les...
Oct 05, 2016
Ex-Pats player wants witness descriptions barred from trial
BOSTON - Lawyers for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez asked a judge on Wednesday to prevent the jury at his upcoming double murder trial from hearing descriptions of the shooter from t...
Oct 05, 2016
Jury set for rape lawsuit involving Knicks' Derrick Rose
LOS ANGELES - A federal court jury of six women and two men was selected Wednesday for the trial of a $21 million lawsuit by a woman who claims she was gang-raped by NBA star Derrick Rose and two othe...
Oct 05, 2016
Anti-Trump activists set sights on recruiting Americans living abroad
VANCOUVER - An activist organization’s campaign to keep Donald Trump out of the White House is spilling across the border into Canada as the group ramps up efforts to convince U.S. voters living...
Oct 05, 2016