Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-Just For Laughs president Gilbert Rozon to sell all his shares
MONTREAL - The founder of Just For Laughs is selling all his shares in the hugely successful comedy festival amid allegations he sexually harassed or sexually assaulted 10 women. Just For Laughs spoke...
Oct 20, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Oct. 20 --- GORD DOWNIE’S FAMILY THINKING ABOUT A PUBLIC MEMORIAL: One of Gord Downie’s brothers says the outpouring of public support in the days...
Oct 20, 2017
Student among 3 people stabbed near Toronto school; 1 person in serious condition
TORONTO - A 17-year-old high school student is among three people stabbed Friday afternoon in an east Toronto neighbourhood. Police initially said four people were stabbed but revised the number of vi...
Oct 20, 2017
Lowly Lions host Edmonton Eskimos as B.C. searches for positives in lost season
VANCOUVER - Solomon Elimimian has had seasons end in titles and heartbreak, awards and devastating injuries. What he hasn’t experienced is a year like 2017. Elimimian’s B.C. Lions have los...
Oct 20, 2017
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh resigns seat in Ontario legislature
TORONTO - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has resigned his seat in Ontario’s legislature. Singh, 38, had served as a member of provincial parliament since 2011, representing the riding of Brama...
Oct 20, 2017
Rugby Canada coaches scouring other sports to add to sevens talent pool
TORONTO - With Montreal Alouettes defensive back Tevaughn Campbell slated to come on board after the CFL season and a space open for Adam Zaruba should he quit his NFL dream, the Canadian men’s ...
Oct 20, 2017
Intolerance, Bombardier and taxing the rich: how politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - After months spent fanning the embers of class warfare with their proposed tax reforms, this was the week when the brush fire blew back on the federal Liberals. Even as the death of Canadian ...
Oct 20, 2017
Ex-coach Levy inspires Alouettes, but last home game vs. Ti-cats meaningless
MONTREAL - A visit from 92-year-old coaching legend Marv Levy may have been uplifting but it came far too late to save the Montreal Alouettes season. Levy, who led the Alouettes to a pair of Grey Cups...
Oct 20, 2017
Man convicted of murder in stabbing death of Montreal store clerk in April 2016
MONTREAL - A man who brutally stabbed a young woman to death in a busy grocery store in Montreal in 2016 was convicted on Friday of first-degree murder. A jury found Randy Tshilumba guilty of premedit...
Oct 20, 2017
Spacewalking astronaut copes with frayed tether, bad jetpack
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A spacewalking astronaut successfully replaced a blurry camera outside the International Space Station on Friday, but had to contend with a balky jetpack and a frayed safety tet...
Oct 20, 2017