Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cirque du Soleil among performers for G7 leaders during Charlevoix summit
QUEBEC - World-renowned entertainment troupe Cirque du Soleil will be providing G7 leaders with some diversion Friday night during their annual summit, which is being hosted this year in Quebec’...
Jun 07, 2018
Putin says Russian military not building long-term in Syria
MOSCOW - Russian troops will remain in Syria as long as Moscow thinks it’s necessary, but Russia isn’t building permanent facilities in the only Middle East country where it has a military...
Jun 07, 2018
Youth cannabis users more likely to have poor health outcomes: Study
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A 10-year study on cannabis use among Canadian youth has revealed some troubling findings. Kara Thompson, a psychology professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S....
Jun 07, 2018
In the news today, June 7
Eight stories in the news for Thursday, June 7 --- ELECTION DAY IN ONTARIO After weeks of attack ads and controversies, Ontarians go to the polls today to elect a new provincial government. With Liber...
Jun 07, 2018
Kathleen Wynne resigns as Liberal leader after party collapses in Ontario
TORONTO - A tearful Kathleen Wynne stepped down as Ontario’s Liberal leader Thursday as the party she propelled to a majority government only four years ago was reduced to a skeleton crew, losin...
Jun 07, 2018
Doug Ford rides populist wave to victory in Ontario, Tories form majority
TORONTO - Doug Ford rode a populist wave to power in Ontario on Thursday, capturing a Progressive Conservative majority by harnessing voters’ economic anxiety and anger with a scandal-plagued Li...
Jun 07, 2018
Canada reducing but not banning single-use plastics from G7 summit sites
OTTAWA - The federal government is reducing but not banning outright the use of single-use plastics at the G7 summit this week in Quebec. Thousands of politicians, staffers, security officers, special...
Jun 07, 2018
Grey whale buried at B.C. dump exhumed added to provincial museum's collection
UCLUELET, B.C. - They arrived at the dump ready to dig up a grey whale’s grave, carrying shovels, rakes, brushes and small garden tools, hoping the decomposition process had done the job of clea...
Jun 07, 2018
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO - Billy-Ray Belcourt sobbed as he accepted the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize on Thursday night, sharing his hopes that his writing can help bring about a world that Indigenous people would want...
Jun 07, 2018
Environmentalist David Suzuki receives honorary degree from Alberta university
EDMONTON - Human beings are a “tectonic force” shaping nearly every facet of the planet we depend on and our failure to realize that is at the heart of most ecological disputes, environmen...
Jun 07, 2018