Category Archives: Canadian Press
It wasn't easy, but Pangos finally returns to Canada's national team
MONTREAL - Kevin Pangos was looking forward to his first appearance with Canada’s basketball team in years. He went to great lengths with his new club FC Barcelona to be able to play. But for a ...
Sep 12, 2018
Case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard put over to next month in Toronto
TORONTO - The case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sex-related charges, was put over to next month after a brief hearing in Toronto on Wednesday. Hoggard’s lawyer Ian Smith say...
Sep 12, 2018
Kangaroo gets the jump on Mississippi owners and flees
HARRISVILLE, Miss. - A kangaroo is on the run - or maybe the jump - in central Mississippi. The Simpson County sheriff’s office says deputies have been looking for a 10-month-old kangaroo since ...
Sep 12, 2018
P.E.I. scraps business immigration program criticized for oversight problems
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island is scrapping a controversial business immigration program which prompted federal investigations alleging hundreds of applicants never settled on the Island. The pr...
Sep 12, 2018
Former Raptors GM Glen Grunwald to become president and CEO of Canada Basketball
LAVAL, Que. - Glen Grunwald will become the president and CEO of Canada Basketball effective Oct. 1, the sport’s national governing body announced on Wednesday. Grunwald was general manager of t...
Sep 12, 2018
LeBlanc in conflict over surf clam licence, ethics commissioner says
OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc was found in breach of conflict of interest rules Wednesday for approving an Arctic surf clam licence to a company that employed a family me...
Sep 12, 2018
Quebec Liberals promise continued balanced budgets in a second term
MONTREAL - A re-elected Liberal government would ensure several more years of balanced budgets, leader Philippe Couillard promised Wednesday as he announced his party’s financial framework. Coui...
Sep 12, 2018
Quebec man doing well as doctors rejoice at first Canadian face transplant
MONTREAL - In a Canadian medical first, surgeons at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital announced Wednesday they’d performed a face transplant, giving a badly disfigured Quebec man a ...
Sep 12, 2018
EU chief aims to boost euro's role in world markets
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says he’ll unveil plans this year to boost the euro’s role in financial markets, which are dominated by the dollar. Juncker sai...
Sep 12, 2018
Officials to discuss ways to put and keep grain in high gear to port
SASKATOON - Getting grain to port at a faster and more efficient clip will be the focus of a meeting in Saskatoon involving the federal government, farm leaders and executives from Canada’s two ...
Sep 12, 2018