Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau names G7 sherpa, political journalist to fill vacant Senate seats
OTTAWA - Three new members are being added to the Senate, including the top official who organized this year’s tumultuous G7 summit in Quebec and an award-winning journalist from Edmonton. In a ...
Oct 03, 2018
Edmonton Oilers edge Cologne Sharks in exhibition game
COLOGNE, Germany - Ryan Strome scored the winner as the Edmonton Oilers beat the German league’s Cologne Sharks 4-3 in overtime in an exhibition game on Wednesday. The Oilers used the game as a ...
Oct 03, 2018
Coalition government would fire employees for wearing religious symbols
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - Public servants in positions of authority who refuse to remove religious symbols will be assigned to different jobs or dismissed, a spokeswoman for the Coalition Avenir Quebec tra...
Oct 03, 2018
Van Damme son gets probation term in Arizona knife incident
PHOENIX - A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has been sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in sub...
Oct 03, 2018
Indigenous children still being treated unequally by provinces: advocate
WINNIPEG - A First Nations children’s advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities. Cindy Blackstock, e...
Oct 03, 2018
Pay drug users for expertise, insight to deal with overdose crisis: B.C. report
VANCOUVER - Drug users are often the first responders to an overdose and should be paid fairly for their contributions to research, service delivery and overdose prevention activities, says a report. ...
Oct 03, 2018
Backstreet Boys cancel Oklahoma show where fans were hurt
THACKERVILLE, Okla. - The Backstreet Boys won’t be rescheduling an Oklahoma concert that was postponed after fans were hurt when a storm damaged the venue where the band was supposed to perform....
Oct 03, 2018
Ontario to spend $90M to address overcrowding in hospitals during flu season
TORONTO - Ontario will spend $90 million this year to fund hundreds of hospital beds ahead of flu season, a measure the province’s health minister said will help address the issue of so-called h...
Oct 03, 2018
Jimmy Kimmel to open comedy club in Las Vegas in 2019
LAS VEGAS - Jimmy Kimmel will see a dream come true when he opens a comedy club next spring in Las Vegas where he will make regular appearances and give up-and-coming comics a chance to hone their tal...
Oct 03, 2018
Peru court overturns pardon of ex-leader Fujimori
LIMA, Peru - Peru’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a medical pardon for former President Alberto Fujimori and ordered the strongman be returned to jail to serve out a long sentence for hu...
Oct 03, 2018