Category Archives: Canadian Press
Szeryk, Lee, Ko and St-Germain lead Canadian hopes at Ladies' British Amateur
The Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship didn’t have any Canadian entries at last year’s tournament. The entire women’s national amateur squad is making the trip this time...
Jun 25, 2018
Quebec mom wants laws on dangerous strictly applied after 2-year-old son attacked
MONTREAL - The mother of a Quebec boy who was mauled by a pit bull-type dog last week says the rules regarding dangerous dogs need to be better applied and enforced. “If it’s either by law...
Jun 25, 2018
Carleton part of youth movement in Canada's women's basketball team
Bridget Carleton had a set of keys to the gym of her high school in Chatham, Ont., and would spend hours shooting on the court, with just the janitors to keep her company. The 21-year-old Carleton, wh...
Jun 25, 2018
'Angel' who helped whistleblower Snowden needs Canada's help immediately: lawyer
MONTREAL - One of seven people who helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong is in failing health and needs Canada’s help, his lawyer Robert Tibbo said Mon...
Jun 25, 2018
Canada adds seven people to Myanmar sanctions list over Rohingya crisis
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says seven Myanmar military leaders have been added to Canada’s sanctions list for their role in the Rohingya crisis. Freeland says the sancti...
Jun 25, 2018
Cheering for family: Manitoba politician related to most of Iceland soccer team
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician has more than Icelandic heritage fuelling his fandom of the Nordic nation’s soccer team - he also has family ties. Len Isleifson, legislature member for Brandon ...
Jun 25, 2018
Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani among film academy invitees
LOS ANGELES - The organization that bestows the Oscars is continuing to lean into its promise to make its ranks more diverse by inviting a record 928 new members representing 59 countries to join incl...
Jun 25, 2018
US seen backing away from Syria de-escalation enforcement
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration appears to be walking away from a pledge to enforce an arrangement to stabilize southwestern Syria as the Syrian military presses ahead with an offensive in the r...
Jun 25, 2018
Record settlement for N.S. boy who suffered brain damage at birth
HALIFAX - A seven-year-old Nova Scotia boy who suffered brain damage at birth has received a $6 million settlement - the largest of its kind in the province’s history. The lawsuit said Cullen Ch...
Jun 25, 2018
Equalization debate re-emerges ahead of finance ministers' meeting in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Canada’s long-simmering internal debate over how the federal government divvies up equalization payments among the provinces is expected to flare up yet again this week when the country...
Jun 25, 2018