Category Archives: Canadian Press
Snoop Dogg lauds Canada's growing cannabis industry at Montreal tech conference
MONTREAL - Canada is more advanced than the United States regarding its approach to cannabis, world-famous rapper and weed entrepreneur Snoop Dogg said Friday to a crowd of hundreds at Montreal’...
May 25, 2018
Trudeau keeps on talking NAFTA, even as formal discussions hit impasse
OTTAWA - Negotiations on revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement may have hit an impasse, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is keen to keep on talking. Trudeau spoke with U.S. President Dona...
May 25, 2018
Recovery underway for flood evacuees from Grand Forks, B.C.
GRAND FORKS, B.C. - Emergency personnel in Grand Forks, B.C., say the recovery process has begun in the community of 4,000, which was hardest hit by this year’s flooding. Evacuation orders have ...
May 25, 2018
Resentment over Trump election helped fuel Weinstein case
NEW YORK - Throughout much of last year, millions of American women resented that a man who’d bragged about sexually assaulting women had been elected president. Then came an electrifying moment...
May 25, 2018
Osuna's administrative leave extended through June 4
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has extended the administrative leave of Toronto closer Roberto Osuna through June 4, the third time the initial seven-day period was lengthened. Osuna was put on admi...
May 25, 2018
Hanley Ramirez designated for assignment by Red Sox
BOSTON - Hanley Ramirez was designated for assignment by the Boston Red Sox, who are responsible for the $15.25 million remaining on his contract but avoided him triggering a $22 million salary for 20...
May 25, 2018
Eagle with broken wing now in recovery facility after RCMP rescue
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A pair of police officers on British Columbia’s central coast went beyond the call of duty to rescue a local constituent over the long weekend. RCMP say constables Casey Char...
May 25, 2018
N.S. university drops sex offender as valedictorian after learning of his past
HALIFAX - A Halifax university recently dropped its valedictorian days before the campus graduation ceremonies, after learning he was a convicted sex offender. A spokeswoman for Mount Saint Vincent Un...
May 25, 2018
Ottawa police say woman has died after assault at Christian Science reading room
OTTAWA - Police say they don’t have a suspect description after a woman working at a religious centre in downtown Ottawa was killed. Investigators say 59-year-old Elisabeth Salm was working at t...
May 25, 2018
Ex-middleweight champ David Lemieux can't make weight for Achour bout
QUEBEC - Former world middleweight champion David Lemieux’s bout with Karim Achour of France will go ahead even if the Montreal boxer failed to make the 160-pound weight limit. Lemieux (38-4) ca...
May 25, 2018