Category Archives: Canadian Press
'We have to build some trust here': legalizing cannabis sales on Mohawk territory
MONTREAL - For the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, cannabis legalization is an opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past regarding tobacco. Smoke shacks selling tax-free cigarettes are pervasive ...
Nov 10, 2018
Use frozen funds from dictators to help refugee crisis, says Axworthy
OTTAWA - A Canadian-led international movement seized with stanching the flow of refugees wants to use an untapped source of cash to address the global crisis: the billions languishing in the frozen b...
Nov 10, 2018
Erdogan: Saudi officials, others heard tapes of writer death
ANKARA, Turkey - Officials from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain have listened to audio recordings related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consula...
Nov 10, 2018
Leaders laud fallen soldiers on eve of armistice centennial
PARIS - Travelling from across the world to monuments honouring soldiers who fell 100 years ago, victors and vanquished alike marked those sacrifices Saturday ahead of Armistice Day and assessed allia...
Nov 10, 2018
After testy tweet, Trump calls French president good friend
PARIS - President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron tried to project unity Saturday after Trump had lashed out at one of America’s strongest allies in Europe, claiming Macron ins...
Nov 10, 2018
Coaching great Wally Buono: 'Losing is something I've never gotten used to'
VANCOUVER - Wally Buono doesn’t want the B.C. Lions focused on winning for him in the CFL playoffs. Instead, he’s consistently told his players to be internally motivated and pull for the ...
Nov 10, 2018
Legacies of the First World War: Canadian veterans' battle for benefits, support
OTTAWA - When the armistice that ended the First World War was signed and the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, Canadians wearily celebrated what they hoped was the start of a new era of peace. For t...
Nov 10, 2018
Eyes on Surrey, B.C., as it moves to replace RCMP with local police force
SURREY, B.C. - Anti-gang advocate Sukhi Sandhu says he will be watching closely as the new city council in Surrey, B.C., attempts what many local governments before have considered but few have done: ...
Nov 10, 2018
Rome mayor found not guilty in case of City Hall appointment
Rome’s embattled mayor was found not guilty Saturday of a charge of lying over a City Hall appointment, ending a months-long trial that had threatened her political career. Mayor Virginia Raggi ...
Nov 10, 2018
Thin ice for new acting AG? Trump says 'I don't know' him
WASHINGTON - Matthew Whitaker’s future at the helm of the Justice Department appeared uncertain at best Friday as President Donald Trump denied even knowing the man he had named acting attorney ...
Nov 10, 2018