Author Archives: Greg Fry
Strong winds, snow, Arctic freeze, prompt travel warnings, woes, in West
VANCOUVER - Frigid temperatures have prompted Environment Canada to issue weather warnings for many parts of the British Columbia and Alberta, while snow snarled the morning commute in Metro...
Jan 13, 2020
Canada pushing Tehran for direct access on Iran plane crash, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Canada is pushing to be part of the Iranian-led investigation of the plane crash near Tehran that killed everyone on board, including 138 people bound for Canada,&nbs...
Jan 10, 2020
Curling 101
PRINCE GEORGE - "Well the objective of curling is to deliver the rocks down to the other end of the ice and score the most points by getting [the rocks] into the house." That's a simple explanation of...
Jan 08, 2020
Oil prices surge, stocks slip after US kills Iranian general
NEW YORK - Oil prices are up sharply and major stock markets are falling after U.S. forces in Iraq killed a top Iranian general. The price of oil surged 3.5% and major indexes were down 0.8% in early ...
Jan 02, 2020
Trudeau on climate and ultra-rare disease; In The News for Dec. 30
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 30. What we are watching in Canada ... TO...
Dec 29, 2019
Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires
TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The Canadia...
Dec 24, 2019
Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires
TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The C...
Dec 24, 2019
Bump in low-income rates expected as StatCan sets to redraw poverty line
OTTAWA - The national statistics office is looking at changes to the federally adopted poverty line which, if approved, could mean more people are considered to live below the low-income threshold. Th...
Dec 23, 2019
B.C. labour minister 'disappointed' as talks collapse again in forestry strike
VICTORIA - British Columbia Labour Minister Harry Bains is not ready to step into a long-running strike at Western Forest Products but he says he's willing to meet with both sides. Bains made the...
Dec 19, 2019
Canfor shares dive after Great Pacific calls off privatization deal
VANCOUVER - Shares in Canfor Corp. fell more than 20 per cent after Great Pacific Capital Corp. failed to win the approval of the company's minority shareholders and called off its plan to take the lu...
Dec 18, 2019