Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump tweet, NFL response escalate drama of Sunday games
The owners of the Baltimore Ravens, the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and other teams on Sunday joined a chorus of NFL executives criticizing President Donald Trump’s suggestion that ...
Sep 25, 2017
WADA to renegotiate deal to keep headquarters in Montreal: ministers
PARIS - The World Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to renegotiate its existing deal with Canadian authorities in order to keep its headquarters in Montreal, Canadian officials said Sunday. Transport Mini...
Sep 25, 2017
Natacha Dupuis's road to the Invictus Games started with a mountain bike
TORONTO - Natacha Dupuis’s return to sports started with a mountain bike. The former master corporal served in several Canadian Forces regiments, including the Royal Canadian Dragoons, for over ...
Sep 25, 2017
Most people seeking euthanasia in Nova Scotia in early 2017 didn't get it:agency
HALIFAX - Nearly two-thirds of Nova Scotians seeking assisted suicide in the first six months of 2017 did not receive a lethal injection, with doctors saying the province’s system is short of av...
Sep 25, 2017
High stakes as U.S. Commerce Department set to rule on Boeing, Bombardier
OTTAWA - Politicians, defence officials and Canada’s aerospace industry have Monday circled on their calendars as the date to watch in Boeing’s ongoing trade dogfight with Montreal-based B...
Sep 25, 2017
Legal cannabis tops packed agenda at annual meeting of B.C.'s municipal leaders
VANCOUVER - Municipalities in British Columbia are clamouring to have a say in the marijuana policies they believe will fall largely on their shoulders to enforce when pot becomes legal next summer. V...
Sep 25, 2017
Chelsea Manning says she was denied entry to Canada over her criminal record
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says no one asked him whether a former U.S. soldier who leaked thousands of classified military documents should be deemed inadmissible to Canada because ...
Sep 25, 2017
Quick-thinking truckers corral AWOL horse on busy Alberta highway
BALZAC, Alta. - Two semi-trailer truck drivers are being praised for playing a little blacktop rodeo when they used their big rigs to safely steer an AWOL horse off a busy highway north of Calgary and...
Sep 25, 2017
Suspect in Quebec Amber Alert case makes brief initial court appearance
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The 41-year-old father at the heart of an Amber Alert in Quebec earlier this month was hunched over, eyes fixed to the ground as he made his first appearance in court Monday. He n...
Sep 25, 2017
Conservative MP Dianne Watts announces bid for B.C. Liberal leadership
SURREY, B.C. - An MP for Surrey, B.C., says she will step down from her federal post and dedicate her full efforts to becoming the next leader of the B.C. Liberals. Dianne Watts made the announcement ...
Sep 25, 2017