Category Archives: Canadian Press
Family of Liberal MP Arnold Chan invites public to Sept. 23 funeral in Toronto
OTTAWA - The funeral for Liberal MP Arnold Chan, who died of cancer last week, will be Saturday in Toronto. His family is inviting the public to attend the service at Bloor Street United Church at 11 ...
Sep 17, 2017
Liberals may use time allocation to push priorities through Parliament
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is heading into the second half of its mandate with a number of big legislative priorities they are eager to move through Parliament. And they are ready to curtail deba...
Sep 17, 2017
New local media outlets crop up as traditional community papers close
TORONTO - Dave Bidini asks “what if” a lot. As in, what if the mainstream press didn’t care about George Clooney building a house on Lake Cuomo? Maybe, just maybe, he says as he spri...
Sep 17, 2017
Trudeau honours Allan MacEachen as 'peerless' parliamentarian at N.S. service
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a moving tribute to the late Allan J. MacEachen on Sunday, saying the former Liberal cabinet minister should be remembered as a key architect...
Sep 17, 2017
Federal NDP candidates make final appeal ahead of leadership vote
HAMILTON - The four federal NDP leadership hopefuls had one last chance Sunday to make their case to party voters before balloting begins to select a replacement for outgoing leader Thomas Mulcair. An...
Sep 17, 2017
Rest of NHL aims to prevent Penguins Stanley Cup three-peat
Each time Seth Jones felt like the Columbus Blue Jackets were dominating, the Pittsburgh Penguins went down the ice and scored. The series was over fast. T.J. Oshie knows the feeling because the Pengu...
Sep 17, 2017
Top US diplomat says closing embassy in Cuba 'under review'
NEW YORK - The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cub...
Sep 17, 2017
Shooting in restaurant that left real estate broker dead may have been targeted: police
TORONTO - Police say a 53-year-old man was shot dead at an upscale steak house in downtown Toronto Saturday night - the second shooting at that restaurant in two years. Det. Shannon Dawson says a gunm...
Sep 17, 2017
Doctors angry at opposition to planned tax changes urge Ottawa to forge ahead
TORONTO - Doctors across Canada who support Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s proposed tax reforms say they want their voices to be heard above the din of criticism from colleagues and medical soc...
Sep 17, 2017
2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated, police say
BATON ROUGE, La. - The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect - a 23-year-old white man - was in custody. In both shooting...
Sep 17, 2017