Category Archives: Canadian Press
McGill research offers hope for curing genetic disease that hits Quebec children
MONTREAL - Children with a rare genetic disease that is particularly prevalent among Quebecers could see their lives changed thanks to a new treatment developed by researchers at the McGill University...
Oct 04, 2018
Canadian Real Estate Association will post past sales data without a password
TORONTO - The Canadian Real Estate Association says it will soon be adding historical sales data to its realtor.ca website. The industry group said Thursday the information will be included along with...
Oct 04, 2018
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh loses chief of staff for 'personal reasons'
OTTAWA - The chief of staff to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has resigned - a departure that comes at a particularly challenging time for a party struggling with poor morale and slumping fundraising a year...
Oct 04, 2018
Toronto Wolfpack look to cap two-year rugby league rise in Million Pound Game
TORONTO - Gareth O’Brien has vivid memories of the 2016 Million Pound Game. “Most nervous I’ve ever been,” said the Toronto Wolfpack fullback. “Some boys were struggling ...
Oct 04, 2018
'Insensitive and disrespectful:' Mass killer's review angers victim's father
CALGARY - The father of one of five young people stabbed to death at a Calgary house party in 2014 says the mental health board overseeing the killer’s treatment has been insensitive and disresp...
Oct 04, 2018
Ronaldo faces growing heat from sponsors over rape case
LONDON - Cristiano Ronaldo faced growing heat Thursday from sponsors over a rape allegation in the United States after Nike and video game maker EA Sports expressed concern about the conduct of the so...
Oct 04, 2018
'Like asteroids:' Study says Martian moons likely blown off planet's surface
EDMONTON - New research suggests Mars’ moons were once part of the planet, blasted into space by some cataclysmic collision long ago. Until now, the most common theory was that Deimos and Phobos...
Oct 04, 2018
Veteran Canadian skier Erik Guay back for one final World Cup season
TORONTO - Erik Guay will miss his family for just one more winter. The veteran Canadian skier said Thursday he plans to retire after the 2018-19 World Cup season in March. And a big reason for the dec...
Oct 04, 2018
Calgary one of three cities remaining in 2026 Olympic bid race
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A potential Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Games is one of three that will be proposed as an official candidate for approval, International Olympic Committee president Thoma...
Oct 04, 2018
The Situation gets 8-month sentence in federal tax case
NEWARK, N.J. - Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, whose abs became famous on the hit reality show “Jersey Shore,” was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison for cheating o...
Oct 04, 2018