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The Canadian Press is Canada's national news agency established in 1917 as a vehicle to permit Canadian newspapers of the day to exchange their news and information. The Toronto-based company is a private not-for-profit cooperative, owned and operated by its member newspapers.

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CAE sells flight simulators in Indonesia for $38M

MONTREAL—Canadian flight simulator and training company CAE (TSX:CAE) says it has sold three full-flight simulators to Lion Air in Indonesia for $38 million. The Montreal-based company said Monday that under the deal it will provide one simulator for ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  15 Mar 2010

Related Topics: CAE INC,  Boeing

Doctors warn on shoddy fertility tests

Federal cash for troubled pregnancies and newborns in Canada remains in short supply, even as the government leads a global campaign to improve the health of mothers and children overseas. Amanda Daniels never thought she’d be worried about her ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  15 Mar 2010

Belleville Bulls run over Majors 4-2

Shawn Lalonde and Richard Panik each had a goal and two assists as the Belleville Bulls came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors 4-2 in the Ontario Hockey League Friday night in Mississauga. Adam Payerl and Austen ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  13 Mar 2010

Arrest as 2 shot dead, 1 hurt near Belleville

BELLEVILLE— A man has been arrested following a shooting which left two women dead and a third victim critically injured in a home in the small eastern Ontario community of Mountain View, south of Belleville. Ontario Provincial Police responded to a 911 ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  12 Mar 2010

Avalanche kills one, injures 12 in B.C.

REVELSTOKE, - RCMP say one person is dead and at least 12 people injured after an avalanche on a mountain in southwestern British Columbia. Some 200 people watching and participating in an annual snowmobiling event on Boulder Mountain, near Revelstoke, ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  11 Mar 2010

N. Ontario, Alberta clinch playoff berths at Tim Hortons Brier

HALIFAX, N.S.—Northern Ontario and Alberta clinched playoff berths Thursday at the Tim Horton’s Brier. Alberta’s Kevin Koe beat his brother Jamie’s Northwest Territories/Yukon rink 8-3 to improve to 8-2. Meanwhile, Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs beat ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Brad Gushue

Tax collectors get $45K severance, keep jobs

Ontario tax collectors will get a six-month severance package worth as much as $45,000 as the province moves to harmonize sales taxes, even though they will not be losing their jobs. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says that in agreeing to the move, the ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Dwight Duncan

Police arrest 22 in raids targeting illegal guns

Twenty-two people face more than 250 charges following a police crackdown on illegal guns and drugs in the GTA and southern Ontario. Some 300 police officers in Toronto, Windsor, and York, Durham and Halton regions made the arrests during 27 searches ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  11 Mar 2010

Ontario’s Howard goes 9-0, through to Brier playoffs

Ontario skip Glenn Howard (L) talks with Manitoba skip Jeff Stoughton during their game at the Brier curling championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 10, 2010. HALIFAX, N.S.—Ontario’s Glenn Howard has punched his ticket to the 1-2 game of the page ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  10 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Glenn Howard,  Jeff Stoughton,  Halifax Corp

'Jobless recovery' possible, experts warn

OTTAWA—Canadian workers may pay the price for the relatively healthy job market during last year's recession. Job creation normally goes hand in hand with economic growth — with a little lag — but few analysts expect a big jobs rebound after last ...

From THE CANADIAN PRESS, Toronto Star,  10 Mar 2010

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