Category Archives: Canadian Press

Small communities won't miss out on Phase 2 of infrastructure program: Sohi
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister is promising the second phase of the Liberal government’s $60-billion program won’t leave out smaller communities who felt neglected during the...
Sep 20, 2016
'Please just tell me where my daughter is:' Murder victim's mother asks killer
REGINA - The family of a murdered aboriginal woman says an apology from her killer means nothing unless he explains where her body can be found. “Please just tell me where my daughter is,”...
Sep 20, 2016

The Latest: Pitt 'saddened,' asks press to leave kids alone
NEW YORK - The Latest on the divorce of Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Brad Pitt has released a statement on his divorce filing from Angelina Jolie Pitt, pleading with ...
Sep 20, 2016
Toronto Raptors sign free-agent Canadian guard Brady Heslip
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed free-agent guard Brady Heslip. The native of Burlington, Ont., is a member of the Canadian men’s senior national team. He spent the 2015-16 season with ...
Sep 20, 2016
University of Alberta removes 'disturbing' racist posters from campus
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding his voice to growing condemnation of racist posters that were put up at the University of Alberta targeting turban-wearing Sikhs. “We’re ...
Sep 20, 2016

Bank of Canada's Poloz supportive of CPP expansion to help future retirees
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz took the unusual step Tuesday of weighing in on government policy as he expressed support for Ottawa’s proposal to expand the Canada Pension Plan. A tentati...
Sep 20, 2016

Small surplus grows slightly in latest budget forecast for Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is projecting a slightly increased surplus of $18.9 million for the current fiscal year, crediting participation in the federal infrastructure program with helping it to stay in ...
Sep 20, 2016

Northern Gateway, feds won't appeal ruling against Northern Gateway pipeline
VANCOUVER - First Nations in British Columbia remain staunchly opposed to a proposed pipeline linking the province’s north coast to Alberta’s oilsands after the federal government and Nort...
Sep 20, 2016

'Monster' charged in killing of still-missing Michigan woman
MUSKEGON, Mich. - A man was charged with murder Tuesday in the 2013 disappearance of a gas station clerk in western Michigan, a case that had stymied investigators until a teenage girl in an unrelated...
Sep 20, 2016
Sean Hannity, David Simon in Twitter tiff
NEW YORK - Television producer David Simon and Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity are tossing vulgarities at each other on social media. Simon, who made “The Wire,” sent out a mocking twee...
Sep 20, 2016