Category Archives: Canadian Press
VP candidate Kaine's faith an influence, sometime struggle
RALEIGH, N.C. - The morning after Tim Kaine was named the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, his first stop wasn’t a rally or a swing state meet-and-greet - it was a church in Richmond, Virgi...
Oct 03, 2016
Five things to know about Canada's carbon pricing landscape
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a national “floor price” on carbon Monday that would require all provinces and territories to have some form of carbon pricing by 2018. Here are fiv...
Oct 03, 2016
Obama, DiCaprio team up against climate change
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up on the White House South Lawn on Monday to sound a call for urgent action to combat climate change. Obama told a crowd gathere...
Oct 03, 2016
Kansas tax collections fall $45M short of mark in September
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas collected nearly $45 million less in taxes than expected in September, complicating the state’s budget picture five weeks before an election in which Republican Gov. Sam Br...
Oct 03, 2016
Canadian vehicle sales down 0.5% in September, but up for year to date
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says sales of new cars and light trucks in Canada fell 0.5 per cent in September compared with a year ago, marking the third consecutive month o...
Oct 03, 2016
Senators players on the bubble running out of time to impress Guy Boucher
OTTAWA - Players who have yet to catch the eye of Guy Boucher are running out of chances to impress the new Ottawa Senators head coach. The Senators visited Winnipeg on Monday before playing Toronto o...
Oct 03, 2016
Recipes for Trailer Park Boys-inspired drinks look 'dangerous': Ont. premier
TORONTO - The Ontario government will be looking into advertising of a Trailer Park Boys-inspired whisky set to go on sale in the province this month. Liquormen’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky...
Oct 03, 2016
Cosby can't attend accuser's deposition in defamation suit
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge in Philadelphia has barred Bill Cosby from attending the deposition his accuser gives in her defamation suit against a former district attorney. But the judge says Cosby...
Oct 03, 2016
Realtors in Vancouver warn of dramatic sales slump as September data expected
VANCOUVER - Sales of detached houses continued to fall dramatically in Vancouver last month and even hit a 10-year low in one neighbourhood, real estate agents say as data for the month of September i...
Oct 03, 2016
Suspect in custody after shots fired in North Carolina
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. - Police say someone fired multiple shots in a North Carolina beach town, and that a suspect is in custody. No injuries were reported. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s offic...
Oct 03, 2016