Category Archives: Canadian Press
A look at what Canadian teams might do in the first round of the NHL draft
DALLAS - With four of Canada’s seven NHL teams set to select in the top 10 of the draft, The Canadian Press takes a look at how Friday’s first round might play out at the American Airlines...
Jun 21, 2018
Oregon family found safe after abandoning their car in remote northwest B.C.
DEASE LAKE, B.C. - Search and rescue teams in northwestern British Columbia say a family of four from Oregon has been found safe in a remote and rugged area just 250 kilometres south of the Yukon bord...
Jun 21, 2018

How weekend-only jail sentences can cause security risks, overcrowding
Every Friday, large numbers of people across Canada are obligated to report to the same place for the weekend: jail. But the number of these weekend jail terms is increasing in some provinces - and cr...
Jun 21, 2018
Dig it: Archaeologists scour Woodstock '69 concert field
BETHEL, N.Y. - Archaeologists scouring the grassy hillside famously trampled during the 1969 Woodstock music festival carefully sifted through the dirt from a time of peace, love, protest and good vib...
Jun 21, 2018
Judge awards Dow Chemical USD$1.06 billion in damages against Nova Chemicals
EDMONTON - A judge has awarded Dow Chemical Canada $1.06 billion in damages against Nova Chemicals Corporation in a dispute over a massive ethylene plant in central Alberta. The dispute centred around...
Jun 21, 2018

AP-NORC Poll: Majority approve of Trump's North Korea effort
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans now approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of U.S. relations with North Korea, a change that comes after his historic summit with that country’s ...
Jun 21, 2018

Israeli PM's wife charged with fraud, breach of trust
JERUSALEM - The wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged Thursday with misusing some $100,000 in public funds to order lavish meals from celebrity chefs, dealing an embarrassing blow to t...
Jun 21, 2018
Ceremony held to mark grand opening of Nova Scotia Indigenous court
WAGMATCOOK, N.S. - Nova Scotia has become the first province in Canada to open a superior court on a reserve that will incorporate Indigenous restorative justice traditions and customs. “We can&...
Jun 21, 2018

Days after buying Time Warner, AT&T launches new TV service
NEW YORK - AT&T is launching a new streaming service incorporating television networks from the Time Warner company it just bought. The WatchTV service, a cable-like package of more than 30 TV cha...
Jun 21, 2018

Reduce taxes, fees to help grow Canada's airline industry, lower prices: study
MONTREAL - A new study suggests federal and provincial governments can help ease some of the frustrations of travellers and grow the country’s air transport sector by reducing taxes and fees imp...
Jun 21, 2018