Category Archives: Canadian Press
America Ferrera welcomes birth of her first child
LOS ANGELES - America Ferrera is a mom. The “Ugly Betty” actress wrote on Instagram on Tuesday that she and husband Ryan Piers Williams were welcoming “Sebastian Piers Williams - aka...
May 30, 2018
MBA student faces new negligence charge in alleged Halifax drunk driving death
HALIFAX - An MBA student accused of drunk driving causing the death of a well-known Halifax bottle collector is now facing an additional negligence charge. Dennis Patterson, who is in his early 20s, w...
May 30, 2018
Russia critic Browder briefly detained in Spain
MADRID - A prominent critic of the Kremlin says Russia is trying to block his investigation into the murder of a former employee by abusing an Interpol system of warrants that caused him to be briefly...
May 30, 2018
East Coast warned about beetles that have laid waste to Quebec, Ontario trees
FREDERICTON - The Maritimes are being warned about the arrival of an invasive, tree-destroying beetle that has already done significant damage in Ontario and Quebec. The Nature Conservancy of Canada s...
May 30, 2018
Stocks recover their poise as Italy concerns abate
LONDON - Stock markets recovered their poise Wednesday amid hopes for a resolution in Italy’s political turmoil that may put a halt to talk of another election this year. KEEPING SCORE: In Europ...
May 30, 2018
A look at childcare plans proposed this election by Ontario's three main parties
TORONTO - Childcare is one of the major issues in Ontario’s election, with all three main parties proposing vastly different visions of how best to help families at a time when daycare can cost ...
May 30, 2018
In the news today, May 30
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 30 --- CP RAIL TRAIN OPERATORS ON STRIKE CP Rail’s more than 3,000 train operators walked off the job last night while the rail company’s 360 sig...
May 30, 2018
'Betrayed' Canadians could launch unprecedented protests over pipeline: activist
VANCOUVER - Outrage over the federal government’s announcement about buying the Trans Mountain pipeline to ensure it gets built could fuel unprecedented protests, says a prominent environmentali...
May 30, 2018
ABC and 'Roseanne': Many warning signs before racist tweet
NEW YORK - An old picture of Roseanne Barr dressed as Adolf Hitler, wearing a swastika and pulling burnt cookies from an oven, splashed on the front of the New York Daily News Wednesday like a neon si...
May 30, 2018
Soggy Alberto triggers mudslides, threatened dam is OK
Mudslides triggered by the soggy remnants of Alberto forced evacuations below a dam early Wednesday and closed a highway in western North Carolina as the centre of the storm lashed the nation’s ...
May 30, 2018