Category Archives: Canadian Press

Playoffs might as well be starting now for Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - With only six games remaining this season, Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush feels like he already is in the playoffs. Starting Saturday on the road against the Philadelphia Union, the I...
Sep 14, 2018
Maria's death toll climbed long after rain stopped
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Ramona Gonzalez did not drown when Hurricane Maria drenched Puerto Rico. She did not die in the tempest, or from destruction wrought by the storm’s 154 mph (248 kph) wind...
Sep 14, 2018

Ontario police warn of recent cyberattacks targeting local governments
A rash of cyberattacks on Ontario municipal governments in which hackers demand a ransom to unlock compromised systems has prompted the provincial police force to warn about what it describes as a rec...
Sep 14, 2018

Tax court rules Guy Laliberte's 2009 space trip was a taxable benefit
MONTREAL - The Tax Court of Canada has ruled that a trip to outer space by billionaire Quebec businessman Guy Laliberte in 2009 was a taxable benefit. At issue was a $41.8-million price tag for a trip...
Sep 14, 2018
Children mistakenly taken from their mother because of drug-test mix-up: Tories
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s community services minister has been asked to apologize to a young woman who was apparently left traumatized after two of her children were allegedly taken away mistakenl...
Sep 14, 2018

Eskimos sophomore Kwaku Boateng looking to prove his CFL doubters wrong
Kwaku Boateng is playing with a huge chip on his shoulder this season. The Edmonton Eskimos defensive lineman has registered a team-best five sacks in his first full campaign as a CFL starter. That...
Sep 14, 2018

Anchor who called Trump a white supremacist leaving ESPN
BRISTOL, Conn. - Outspoken ESPN personality Jemele Hill has announced she is leaving the company. Hill attracted attention last year and was briefly suspended for opinionated messages on social media,...
Sep 14, 2018

Lawyer for Canadian detained in Sudan balks at proposed delay in court action
OTTAWA - Advocates for a Montreal man who is suing the federal government over his detention and treatment in Sudan are crying foul over what they are calling a new, unjustified delay in the case. Law...
Sep 14, 2018

Ontario outlines arguments in lawsuit against federal carbon tax plan
TORONTO - Days after denouncing a Toronto judge who deemed a provincial law violated charter rights, the Ontario government said it would invoke the Constitution in its legal challenge against the fed...
Sep 14, 2018

OECD calls on Canada to spend more on aid to increase its global "weight"
OTTAWA - A major international report has concluded that the Trudeau government’s lofty rhetoric about being “back” on the world stage needs the added heft of more foreign aid spendi...
Sep 14, 2018