Category Archives: Canadian Press
Aluminum and steel users disappointed with imposition of hefty U.S. tariffs
Consumers on both sides of the border could be caught in the middle of a trade war as businesses slap them with higher prices to offset the impact of billions of dollars worth of reciprocal tariffs an...
May 31, 2018
N.S. gives $1.6 million to movie starring Pattinson, Dafoe filmed in Yarmouth
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it has given more than $1.6 million to a Robert Pattinson movie filmed near Yarmouth, N.S. “The Lighthouse,” directed by Robert Eggers, is a fantasy horror movie...
May 31, 2018
Mayors unveil wish list seeking funding for affordable housing, climate change
HALIFAX - Canada’s big city mayors are gearing up for the 2019 federal election by making a wish list topped with funding for affordable housing, climate change and new revenue tools. Edmonton M...
May 31, 2018
Canadian rugby sevens men finish off World Series season in London, Paris
A trip to London and Paris is a walk in the park for the Canadian rugby sevens men after an April marathon that took them to Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. The European tour is a chance to end th...
May 31, 2018
As tariffs loom, a look at Canada's steel, aluminum industries, by the numbers
OTTAWA - The Trump administration says it will go ahead with plans to hit Canada, Mexico and the European Union with hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum, effective midnight Thursday night. Here are so...
May 31, 2018
CRTC: Internet video, music services must pay up to save Canadian content
OTTAWA - The broadcast regulator is adding its voice to the domestic chorus calling on the federal government to pry more commitments - monetary or otherwise - from online streaming giants like Netfli...
May 31, 2018
How record flooding damaged New Brunswick's famous 'kissing bridges'
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s record-setting spring floods may have cost the province another one of its fast-dwindling covered bridges. The province says a covered bridge over the Quisibis Rive...
May 31, 2018
Makeup and pig's blood: Reporter describes his faked slaying
KIEV, Ukraine - To mimic gore, they used makeup and pig’s blood. They shot bullet holes in one of his sweatshirts. And to top off Arkady Babchenko’s staged murder, they even took him to th...
May 31, 2018
Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's term, pardoning Stewart
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrep...
May 31, 2018
Health minister favours warnings on cigarettes as feds outline tobacco strategy
MONTREAL - The federal health minister says she’s in favour of putting health warnings directly on individual cigarettes in what she calls a “bold” idea.” The proposed measure ...
May 31, 2018