Profile of The Canadian Press

All articles of The Canadian Press

• Union cites safety risk as marine communication...
  VANCOUVER — Several marine communication centres across Canada, including three in British Columbia and two in Quebec, are being closed by the ...
• Police in Windsor, Ont., wait for suspected thief to...
  WINDSOR, Ont. — Police in Windsor, Ont., say the story of a man who allegedly swallowed a $20,000 diamond is gaining international attention.It’s ...
• Federal study suggests relocating
  OTTAWA — A new study from the Human Resources Department suggests Ottawa is looking at ways to get people receiving employment insurance to move ...
• Scientists find signs of degenerative brain disease...
  Researchers say they have found evidence of a degenerative brain disease in soldiers exposed to blast injuries caused by a weapon that became a ...
• UN food envoy provokes Ottawa with findings on...
  OTTAWA — The UN’s right-to-food envoy is raising the alarm about hunger and poor diets in Canada, but the federal government says he’s wasting ...
• Sea Shepherd’s Canadian founder Paul Watson awaits...
  FRANKFURT, Germany — The Canadian founder of an anti-whaling group who is being held in Germany will have to wait a few more days to find out if ...
• RC bishop stripped of clerical duties after child...
  ANTIGONISH, N.S. — A Roman Catholic bishop who was convicted of importing child pornography into Canada has been stripped of his clerical duties. ...
• Veterans demand explanation for review chairman’s...
  OTTAWA — A prominent group of ex-soldiers is demanding the chairman of a veterans review agency be hauled before a parliamentary committee to ...
• Sea Shepherd calls on German officials to halt Paul...
  FRANKFURT, Germany — An international anti-whaling group is lobbying German officials to halt what it calls a politically motivated push to have ...
• Smartphones as wallets need the right technology to...
  MONTREAL — Analysts say using smartphones as surrogate wallets to pay for purchases is still a few years off.A report in the Globe and Mail says ...
• Researchers develop device to diagnose sleep apnea...
  Toronto — When Kathy Donkner was diagnosed with sleep apnea, she spent several nights in a sleep lab, hooked to scores of electrodes tying her to ...
• Harper welcomes news of job growth over past two months
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says job growth over the past two months shows that his government’s economic stewardship is ...
• Wolf found in New Brunswick for first time in 150...
  FREDERICTON — Genetic testing has confirmed that an animal fatally shot last month by a hunter in northern New Brunswick was a wolf. The ...
• Competition Bureau says credit card issuers set up...
  OTTAWA — Canada’s credit card system is a ’perverse’ place where shoppers who pay with cash or debit subsidize purchases made with credit cards, ...
• Ottawa welcomes mental health strategy, but will...
  OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is officially welcoming the country’s first national mental health strategy, although it’s ...
• Turn down excessively loud ads, regulator orders...
  OTTAWA — Listen up: Canadian broadcasters will have to turn down the volume on their TV ads.The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications ...
• Newfoundland-born man on death row in U.S.
  Lawyers for a man born in Newfoundland want the Canadian government to intervene to get him off death row in Indiana, but they don’t have much ...
• The Duke makes top 10 eateries list
  The venerable Duke of Duckworth in St. John’s has been named No. 10 out of 50 Canadian eateries in a survey by website Vacay.ca. The No. 1 ...
• Church holds service for N.L. pastor, wife, son...
  A pastor and two members of his family who were killed in a horrific highway crash were remembered Sunday in sombre church services in Alberta ...
• Two prisons, including home to Bernardo and...
  OTTAWA — The government is closing Kingston Penitentiary, the country’s oldest penal institution, as well as the Leclerc prison near Montreal as ...
• Canadians travelled abroad more in February,...
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says Canadian residents made 5.2 million trips abroad in February, a 3.9 per cent increase from January.The agency ...
• Nova Scotia politician committed fraud to support...
  SYDNEY, N.S. — The son of a former Nova Scotia politician who has pleaded guilty in the province’s legislative spending scandal says his father ...
• Bank of Canada’s surprising signal of higher...
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada took markets by surprise today in sending a strong signal it is getting ready to raise interest rates based on ...
• NDP says tobacco companies found loophole in ban on...
  TORONTO — The Ontario government is being urged to implement yet another ban on candy-flavoured tobacco products after the industry found a ...
• Average Canadian home sale price falls
  The high-end housing markets of Toronto and Vancouver headed in opposite directions last month as the average price of a Canadian home fell, ...
• Titanic among many tragic stories to touch Atlantic...
  His was the fourth body pulled from the icy North Atlantic days after the Titanic sank off Newfoundland in 1912. Sidney Leslie Goodwin was only ...
• Halifax stop a moving one for some passengers on...
  HALIFAX — One of two cruise ships that are scheduled to rendezvous at the site where the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic arrived Thursday in ...
• MHA wants law beefed up so company has to clean up mess
  ENGLEE, N.L. — A Newfoundland politician wants legislation enhanced to make the owner of a now defunct fish plant pay to clean up the site in ...
• New Terry Fox monument in St. John’s marks Mile...
  A new monument to mark the moment Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope is being celebrated today in St. John’s. The sculpture is being dedicated ...
• Police-reported hate-crimes down sharply in 2010:...
  OTTAWA — Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island had the lowest rates in the country regarding police-reported hate crimes in 2010, ...