Category Archives: Canadian Press
Spain's Valverde sprints to road race world title, Canada's Woods wins bronze
INNSBRUCK, Austria - Michael Woods fed off the crowd’s energy in a big way Sunday at the men’s road race world championship. Woods, a 31-year-old from Ottawa, won bronze to become the firs...
Sep 30, 2018
Toronto police to expand neighbourhood officer program amid spate of shootings
Toronto’s police service is set to expand an existing neighbourhood officer program in an effort to “build trust and reduce crime,” but critics say it’s unlikely to do either. ...
Sep 30, 2018
Out with NAFTA, in with USMCA: Canada inks new trade deal with U.S., Mexico
WASHINGTON - A new era in North American free trade dawned in the dead of night Sunday as a 14-month NAFTA modernization effort between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally came to fruition with just h...
Sep 30, 2018
Canada edged Nigeria for seventh place at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain - Kia Nurse had 17 points and Canada’s offence erupted for 24 points in the fourth quarter to edge Nigeria 73-72 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA...
Sep 30, 2018
Leafs, Caps' repeat bid, Karlsson's move among NHL top storylines in 2018-19
John Tavares spent the first nine seasons of his NHL career in relative anonymity. The quiet, keeps-to-himself star centre was the face of the New York Islanders - a team with rich history, but not mu...
Sep 30, 2018
Indigenous underemployment persists but OECD report points to positive changes
WINNIPEG - When Kevin Chief finished his university degree, he wasn’t sure how to land his first real job. The vice-president of the Business Council of Manitoba and former NDP cabinet minister,...
Sep 30, 2018
Potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid stokes hope for more affordable housing
CALGARY - Affordable housing advocates are hopeful a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid could help put a dent in the city’s shortfall. A draft hosting plan unveiled earlier this month by the bid...
Sep 30, 2018
Back-to-back summers of smoke and fire stoke B.C. tourism industry fears
CALGARY - The smoke has cleared after the worst forest fire season in B.C. history but tourism operators fear the reputational damage to their industry will linger far into the future. Hundreds of wil...
Sep 30, 2018
Quebec officials scramble after first confirmed case of fatal deer disease
MONTREAL - Officials in Quebec are banking on a massive cull of the province’s deer population to help prevent the spread of a fatal disease after its first-ever case was detected on a game farm...
Sep 30, 2018
Conservation group blasts province for targeting predators to protect sheep
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding the bighorn sheep hunt in part of the Cariboo region at the same time it targets the animals’ natural predators to protect two herds in a...
Sep 30, 2018