Category Archives: Canadian Press
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 30 --- ISRAELIS, FOREIGN LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO PERES: Funeral services were held in Jerusalem for former Israeli president Shimon Peres on Friday and d...
Sep 30, 2016
Inquiry head appoints two lawyers to commission looking into Dunphy shooting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Two lawyers based in Newfoundland and Labrador have been appointed to an inquiry looking into the death of a man who was shot by police on Easter Sunday 2015. Sandra Chaytor a...
Sep 30, 2016
Assisted reproduction law to get rules update: Health Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to tighten and clarify the regulations dealing with assisted reproduction. Health Canada is outlining a number of proposed changes to the rules that are part of t...
Sep 30, 2016
Petronas says firm is not considering sale of proposed LNG terminal in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas denies a report that the company was considering selling its stake in a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. A...
Sep 30, 2016
Gas, smoke and health: three ways federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - The baby-blue balloons and parading youth that floated around Parliament Hill this week for a star-studded celebration of young people has given way by week’s end to deep reflection abo...
Sep 30, 2016
Als draw first sellout for Chapdelaine's debut as head coach against Argonauts
MONTREAL - It is probably no accident that Jacques Chapdelaine’s first game as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes coincides with the struggling CFL club’s first sellout in three seasons....
Sep 30, 2016
Tiger-Cats won't have coach Austin on sidelines for key game with Stampeders
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are determined not to let the disciplinary action taken against head coach Kent Austin hinder their ability to compete against the best team in the CFL. Austin was b...
Sep 30, 2016
In death, Peres brings Israelis, Palestinians together
JERUSALEM - Even in death, Shimon Peres managed to bring Israelis and Palestinians together. With peace efforts in a deep freeze, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his first trip to Jerusalem i...
Sep 30, 2016
A look at some of the spending sums that have been roiling Ottawa
OTTAWA - Expenses have become a political football on Parliament Hill in recent weeks. Here is a look at some recent cases where taxpayer-funded spending has been called into question: Health Minister...
Sep 30, 2016
A look at declining magazine circulation numbers for Rogers since 2010
TORONTO - The days of leafing through magazines in the doctor’s office are increasingly something from a bygone era. As print readership rates have fallen, so has print revenue. Rogers Media ann...
Sep 30, 2016