Category Archives: Canadian Press

Toronto's huge Pride Parade slated for Sunday; police still shut out
Toronto’s unabashedly in-your-face celebration of everything LGBTQ is set to take place on Sunday against a backdrop of nasty recriminations involving the community, police and black citizens, a...
Jun 21, 2018
Michigan State president apologizes for 'kickback' comments
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University’s interim president apologized Thursday for an email remark about one of the gymnasts sexually abused by ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar, the latest sign...
Jun 21, 2018
New Jersey university selling music college to Chinese firm
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - A New Jersey university is selling its music college to a Chinese company. Lawrence-based Rider University had announced in February that it had a non-binding, $40 million deal i...
Jun 21, 2018

Medically assisted deaths in last half of 2017 up almost 30 per cent
OTTAWA - Almost 4,000 people have chosen medical assistance to end their lives since the practice became legal in Canada two years ago. That includes 1,525 in the last six months of 2017 - a 29 per ce...
Jun 21, 2018

Tribunal orders Quebec crane operators ordered back to work
MONTREAL - Quebec’s crane operators are being ordered back to work. A labour tribunal hearing ruled Thursday evening in favour of an order sought by the province’s construction commission,...
Jun 21, 2018

Bill to expunge gay-sex criminal records takes effect in Canada today
OTTAWA - Legislation that will make it easy to tear up the criminal records of Canadians convicted of homosexual acts is now law. Bill C-66 allows Canadians, or family members of Canadians who have di...
Jun 21, 2018
Chinese Olympic figure skating judges banned for bias
MOSCOW - The International Skating Union says competitions at February’s Olympics were marred by biased judging in favour of China, the next Winter Olympic host nation. An ISU investigation foun...
Jun 21, 2018
Mbappe sends France into 2nd round with 1-0 win over Peru
YEKATERINBURG, Russia - Fast, exciting and now the youngest scorer in France’s World Cup history. Kylian Mbappe is the one. At 19 years and 183 days, Mbappe became the youngest player to score f...
Jun 21, 2018

Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray still feels sting of '02 Grey Cup defeat
TORONTO - Ricky Ray has won more Grey Cups than any starting quarterback, but he still feels the sting from the one that got away. Ray led the Edmonton Eskimos to a Grey Cup appearance in 2002, his ro...
Jun 21, 2018

First Nations and federal government collaborate on B.C. north coast protections
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A new federal framework giving Indigenous communities a partnership in protecting and supervising Canada’s north and central Pacific coast is a positive step toward reconci...
Jun 21, 2018