Category Archives: Canadian Press

Athletes inspired after meeting Prince Harry on eve of Invictus Games
TORONTO - Wounded soldiers from several countries shook hands, conversed and shared a laugh with Prince Harry on Friday as the royal readied to launch the Invictus Games in Toronto this weekend. The G...
Sep 22, 2017

Mastermind Toys ramps up expansion even as Toys "R" Us flounders
TORONTO - Jon Levy’s favourite playthings as a Toronto child growing up in the 1960s and 1970s included Lego blocks and fort-building kits - classics that still fly off the shelves of his Master...
Sep 22, 2017

'It's absolutely scandalous:' Alberta man fined $13,000 for killing grizzly bear
EDSON, Alta. - An Alberta man charged with killing a collared grizzly bear that was being tracked for research will pay nearly $13,000 in fines, but some say it doesn’t go far enough to protect ...
Sep 22, 2017

Deletion of gas-plant emails illegal act to keep sensitive info secret: Crown
TORONTO - The deletion of thousands of documents related to the politically explosive decision to cancel two gas plants near Toronto was a deliberate act that breached the public trust, the trial of t...
Sep 22, 2017

Trump commerce secretary says new study proves need for NAFTA changes
With the next round of NAFTA negotiations set to begin in Ottawa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary says a new study proves the need for tougher rules on auto-parts imports in the...
Sep 22, 2017
Winnipeg judge dismisses challenge by accused letter- bomber of DNA warrant
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge has dismissed a letter-bombing suspect’s challenge of the validity of warrants used in the investigation. Guido Amsel is facing five counts of attempted murder and se...
Sep 22, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador school board ends 'no-zero' policy for assignments
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland and Labrador school district is doing away with a policy forbidding zeros on assignments. The province’s English School District says while well-intended,...
Sep 22, 2017

Provinces challenge Trudeau government over contentious tax proposals
OTTAWA - Provincial pressure is intensifying against the Trudeau government’s controversial tax-reform proposals, which have angered business owners, doctors and farmers across Canada. On Friday...
Sep 22, 2017

Indigenous leaders want greater role for Manitoba in MMIW inquiry
WINNIPEG - First Nations leaders in Manitoba want a greater say in the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi O...
Sep 22, 2017

Ontario girl who was teased for love of bugs gets name in science journal
Sophia Spencer hated it when classmates taunted her for her love of insects, but seeing them kill her pet grasshoppers for fun was even worse. Her first-grade peers couldn’t understand what she ...
Sep 22, 2017