Category Archives: Canadian Press
Embattled Senators owner Melnyk calls out media, Ottawa mayor Watson
OTTAWA - Embattled Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has once again incurred the wrath of some his team’s fans after making contentious comments on an Ottawa radio show Friday morning. Speaking on CF...
Mar 22, 2019
Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
LANSING, Mich. - Faith-based adoption agencies that are paid by the state of Michigan will no longer be able to turn away LGBT couples or individuals because of religious objections under a legal sett...
Mar 22, 2019
Steering problem forces authorities to pull more than 600 Quebec buses off the road
MONTREAL - Quebec public transit corporations had to pull more than 600 buses off the road today after the manufacturer detected a technical problem. Nova Bus of St-Eustache, Que., ordered immediate i...
Mar 22, 2019
Trump to nominate conservative Stephen Moore for Fed board
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate Stephen Moore, a conservative economic analyst and frequent critic of the Federal Reserve, to fill a vacancy on the Fed’s se...
Mar 22, 2019
Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma
HALIFAX - The father of seven children who were killed in a ferocious fire remains in a coma, a month after flames engulfed their Halifax home. Muslim community leaders said on Friday that Ebraheim Ba...
Mar 22, 2019
Republicans ask to stay order blocking lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans asked an appeals court Friday to immediately reinstate GOP-backed laws limiting the powers of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, sparking ...
Mar 22, 2019
Wilson-Raybould to reveal more details, documents on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Liberals are urging former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to use her parliamentary privilege to tell the House of Commons whatever she wants about the SNC-Lavalin affair. But they want...
Mar 22, 2019
Former NFL player Pacman Jones reaches plea in casino case
RISING SUN, Ind. - Former NFL cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has accepted a plea agreement following his arrest at a southeastern Indiana casino. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Jones...
Mar 22, 2019
Barack Obama congratulates A-Rod J. Lo on their engagement
LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama is feeling the love about the engagement of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod shared a congratulatory handwritten note Thursday on Twitter he received from the former...
Mar 22, 2019
2 hats are better than 1: Mendoza happy with ESPN, Mets role
NEW YORK - Jessica Mendoza has heard the ribbing. An ESPN “Sunday Night Baseball” analyst since 2015, she added a part-time role last month as a New York Mets baseball operations adviser. ...
Mar 22, 2019