Category Archives: Canadian Press

IMF head praises Canada-Europe trade deal amid rising protectionist sentiment
OTTAWA - The head of the International Monetary Fund says she hopes Canada and the European Union finalize their still-unsigned free trade agreement. Christine Lagarde made the comments Tuesday in Ott...
Sep 13, 2016

Federal drywall tariff out West raises costs, threatens Fort McMurray rebuild
VICTORIA - Drywall prices across Western Canada have shot through the roof after the federal government imposed preliminary anti-dumping tariffs of up to 276 per cent on gypsum board products imported...
Sep 13, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 13 ____ AMBROSE CALLS FOR UNITY AS TORY RACE HEATS UP: The Conservative leadership race is picking up steam after heavyweight would-be contender Peter ...
Sep 13, 2016
Tories hope to win back Atlantic votes, say Liberals taking region for granted
HALIFAX - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose told MPs and senators they need to earn back the trust of Atlantic Canadians, who did not elect a single Conservative last year under the leadership ...
Sep 13, 2016
Judge imposes lawyer on Canadian woman detained in Iran jail: family
MONTREAL - The family of a Canadian-Iranian university professor jailed in Iran says the judge in the case has refused to accept her lawyer and has appointed one to his own liking. Homa Hoodfar’...
Sep 13, 2016
Manitoba teen pleads guilty to terrorism charge, will be sentenced
WINNIPEG - A teenager from western Manitoba is to be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge. The 17-year-old admitted on Monday to counselling the commission of an indictable...
Sep 13, 2016

Americans got raise last year for first time since 2007
WASHINGTON - In a long-awaited sign that middle-class Americans are finally seeing real economic gains, U.S. households got a raise last year after seven years of stagnant incomes. Rising pay also lif...
Sep 13, 2016
Reigning AL MVP Donaldson out of lineup for Blue Jays for second straight game
TORONTO - Reigning American League MVP Josh Donaldson was not in the Toronto Blue Jays’ starting lineup on Tuesday, marking the second night in a row that the all-star third baseman has missed a...
Sep 13, 2016
African survivor, activist seeks support for AIDS, TB and girls in Montreal
OTTAWA - Loyce Maturu sat in the darkened railway committee room of the Parliament Buildings on Tuesday watching a video of two fellow African activists - a Kenyan mother and daughter - playing for a ...
Sep 13, 2016

Death penalty no option in California girls' 1973 killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California prosecutor said Wednesday that two men charged with murder in the shotgun slayings of two young girls can’t face the death penalty because it wasn’t an op...
Sep 13, 2016