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Boeing CEO defends safety record amid 2 deadly crashes
The CEO of Boeing defended the company's safety record and declined to take any more than partial blame for two deadly crashes of its bestselling plane even while saying Monday that the company has ne...
May 01, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Ian Millar announces retirement from show jumping
PERTH, Ont. - Canadian equestrian Ian Millar has retired from international show jumping competition, ending an illustrious career that included multiple Grand Prix titles and an Olympic silver medal ...
May 01, 2019
Record number of anti-Semitic incidents fuelled by online hate: B'nai Brith
OTTAWA - B'nai Brith Canada says online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism that saw record numbers of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted last year. The group released its annual audit of ...
May 01, 2019
Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
MONTREAL - The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalis...
May 01, 2019
Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November
OTTAWA - Health Canada says cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering, starting in November. The government says plain packages will increase the impact ...
May 01, 2019
Raiders excited and focused ahead of championship series
Preparations are underway at the Art Hauser Centre as the Prince Albert Raiders get set to host the Vancouver Giants for games one and two of the Rogers WHL Championship Series this weekend.On the ice...
May 01, 2019 Forward Sean Montgomery has played 345 regular season games and 28 playoff games in a Raider uniform. Friday night, he and his teammates will make their WHL Championship debut. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
Trudeau taps veteran Jeremy Broadhurst to run Liberal re-election campaign
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned to veteran Liberal Jeremy Broadhurst to run the governing party's bid for re-election this fall. Broadhurst, who is currently serv...
May 01, 2019
Flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military
OTTAWA - Many more homes would have been lost to this year's devastating spring flooding in Eastern Canada over the weekend were it not for the back-breaking efforts of volunteers and the military, fl...
May 01, 2019
Liberal MP, retired general, Andrew Leslie says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - A first-time Liberal MP and longtime military man says he won't run for re-election this fall. Retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie says in an open letter today that after careful conside...
May 01, 2019
Feds to exempt oilsands from new reviews unless Kenney lifts emissions cap
OTTAWA - The federal government is warning the new government in Alberta not to scrap the province's legal limit on total emissions from oilsands of 100 million tonnes a year. Ottawa ha...
May 01, 2019
