Category Archives: Canadian Press
Toronto Arrows become Canada's first professional rugby union side
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have become Canada’s first professional rugby union side. The Arrows, a beefed-up offshoot of the Ontario Blues regional squad that plays in the Canadian Rugby Champ...
Nov 02, 2018
Road to Vanier Cup: Western and Laval begin quest to get back to title game
The Laval Rouge et Or and reigning Vanier Cup champion Western Mustangs have looked just as strong this year as they did last year. Both teams posted undefeated records over the regular season and wil...
Nov 02, 2018
Asylum seekers will wait up to two years for refugee claims to be processed: IRB
OTTAWA - The arm’s-length agency that processes refugee claims says asylum seekers who cross into Canada today will have to wait almost two years before learning whether they can stay. The Immig...
Nov 02, 2018
Starbucks app outage adds to long lines
NEW YORK - Starbucks customers had to wait in long lines Friday to get their caffeine fix after an outage of its app made mobile orders impossible. The coffee chain says it is experiencing a “te...
Nov 02, 2018
A proposed 65-storey skyscraper prompts Quebec City to grapple with its identity
MONTREAL - Quebec City’s centuries-old architecture has earned it a reputation as one of Canada’s most beautiful cities, but opponents of a plan to build the province’s tallest skysc...
Nov 02, 2018
Tori Stafford rally sidetracked by complaints on carbon tax, budget deficits
OTTAWA - A rally on Parliament Hill meant to protest the transfer of a child-killer from a prison to an Indigenous healing lodge veered quickly into complaints about the national carbon tax, veterans&...
Nov 02, 2018
Ottawa funding program to help reduce homelessness in 38 communities
EDMONTON - The federal government is putting more money into a program first tested in eight communities to help reduce homelessness. Edmonton Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault on Friday announced $885,00...
Nov 02, 2018
Latinas are on the march in Florida ahead of Election Day
ORLANDO, Fla. - Some high-powered Latinas are on the march in Florida, campaigning in two largely Latino neighbourhoods the weekend for Election Day. Actresses America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, Gina Rodr...
Nov 02, 2018
US restores Iran sanctions lifted under Obama nuclear deal
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Friday announced the reimposition of all U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, ramping up economic pressure on the Islamic R...
Nov 02, 2018
Kanye West tweets he's dropping politics, writes big check
CHICAGO - Hip-hop megastar Kanye West told his Twitter followers that he was “distancing” himself from politics even as he sent a big check to boost a Democratic mayoral hopeful in his hom...
Nov 02, 2018