Category Archives: Canadian Press
Find alternatives to harmful practice of jailing child migrants: report
OTTAWA - A new report by human rights researchers urges Canada to urgently find alternatives to locking up child migrants, saying the practice has a harmful and lasting effect on already vulnerable ne...
Sep 22, 2016
US average 30-year mortgage rate declines to 3.48 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined to 3.48 per cent from 3.50 per cent last week...
Sep 22, 2016
15 emerge from house, but police unsure anyone held hostage
JACKSON, Miss. - Police now say they are trying to figure out whether anyone was ever held hostage in a Mississippi house where they’d earlier believed a man was holding more than a dozen people...
Sep 22, 2016
P.E.I. schools reopen after bomb threat prompts provincewide evacuation
CHARLOTTETOWN - Schools across P.E.I. reopened Thursday after all were evacuated over a bomb threat that police determined was not credible. P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan says his government will ta...
Sep 22, 2016
Optimism high as the rebuilding Maple Leafs head east for training camp
TORONTO - With the World Cup of Hockey occupying attention at the Air Canada Centre some 14 kilometres to the east, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened their centennial season somewhat under the radar Thur...
Sep 22, 2016
Easy familiarity with Trudeau, Li as two sides talk free trade, death penalty
OTTAWA - Canada and China are launching exploratory talks towards a free trade agreement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday during a visit that saw the Chinese premier publicly defend his co...
Sep 22, 2016
Olympic analytics: Data scientists crunching numbers for Canada's athletes
CALGARY - A group of credit risk assessors predicted Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak would win an Olympic medal in the women’s 100-metre butterfly in Rio. They said Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom...
Sep 22, 2016
Number of EI beneficiaries jumps in July due to changes for hard-hit areas
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving employment insurance payments climbed 4.4 per cent from June to July as changes to extend benefits for those in hard-hit areas kicked in....
Sep 22, 2016
Founder of J. Geils Band facing drunken driving charge
CONCORD, Mass. - The founder and namesake of The J. Geils (gylz) Band is facing drunken driving charges in Massachusetts. Police say John Warren Geils Jr. was charged with operating under the influenc...
Sep 22, 2016
IOC chief visits Pyeongchang to inspect Olympic preparation
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrived in South Korea on Thursday for a two-day visit to inspect preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongc...
Sep 22, 2016