Category Archives: Canadian Press

Elderly Ottawa man dug out by police after spending winter snowed into home
Ottawa Police helped dig an elderly man out of his home Thursday after the city’s excessively snowy winter left him housebound for weeks. The man in his 70s had heat and electricity and access t...
Mar 08, 2019

Federal Conservatives not introducing non-confidence motion against Trudeau
ROSSER, Man. - Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will not be introducing a motion of non-confidence against Justin Trudeau despite saying the prime minister has lost the moral authorit...
Mar 08, 2019

Sanders' 'Medicare for All' expands long-term care benefits
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes of the “Medicare for All” debate by expanding his proposal to include long-term care, a move that is forcing other Democratic preside...
Mar 08, 2019
Regulator flooded with complaints over doctors advocating gun control
TORONTO - A group of doctors pushing for tighter gun laws says one of its leaders has been targeted in an “organized campaign of mass harassment” fuelled by gun rights activists. Canadian ...
Mar 08, 2019

Calgary Dinos, Ryerson Rams set to battle in Final 8 championship rematch
HALIFAX - There will be a rematch of last year’s championship in the semifinals of the 2019 U Sports Final 8 men’s basketball tournament. The reigning champion Calgary Dinos, seeded second...
Mar 08, 2019
Norway's $1 trillion fund to dump oil and gas shares
STAVANGER, Norway - Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund, the biggest of its kind in the world, will begin dumping shares in oil and gas companies, but stopped short of barring major producers like ...
Mar 08, 2019

NHL GMs say trade deadline arms race in the Western Conference no surprise
Kevin Cheveldayoff joked the trade deadline was “just another Monday.” It wasn’t. The point the Winnipeg Jets general manager was attempting to make, however, was nothing comes easy ...
Mar 08, 2019

Player safety is now a top priority in Canadian amateur football circles
TORONTO - He has played Canadian university football and coached the game, but Todd Smith is waiting before he lets his two sons get on the field. “I’m not in a rush to put my kids into fo...
Mar 08, 2019

Whoopi Goldberg says she nearly died from pneumonia
NEW YORK - Whoopi Goldberg says she nearly died of pneumonia. Appearing Friday in a video that aired on ABC’s “The View,” Goldberg told the audience she had pneumonia in both lungs. ...
Mar 08, 2019
US adds just 20K jobs; unemployment dips to 3.8 pct.
WASHINGTON - Hiring tumbled in February, with U.S. employers adding just 20,000 jobs, the smallest monthly gain in nearly a year and a half. The slowdown in hiring, though, might have been depressed b...
Mar 08, 2019