Category Archives: Canadian Press
Battaglin wins 5th stage as Dennis maintains Giro lead
SANTA NINFA, Italy - Enrico Battaglin surged ahead at the perfect moment to win the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday as Chris Froome and most of the other favourites finished in the...
May 09, 2018
Serbia bans Kosovo karate team from coming to competition
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia has banned a Kosovo team from taking part in a karate competition it is hosting, over a political dispute stemming from the former province’s declaration of independenc...
May 09, 2018
Conservative MP questions whether Trudeau's apologies are sincere
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says that while she supports Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to apologize for Canada turning away Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust in 1939, t...
May 09, 2018
Wynne offers consistency over change as she faces uphill battle for re-election
TORONTO - At a time when polls suggest Ontario voters are clamouring for change, Kathleen Wynne is offering them something far less dramatic: consistency. Five years after becoming the first female pr...
May 09, 2018
Horwath campaigns on 'change for the better' as Wynne, Ford dominate headlines
TORONTO - The third time may well prove to be a charm for Andrea Horwath, who both pundits and polls suggest has the most to gain in Ontario’s spring election. Horwath’s New Democrats, lon...
May 09, 2018
Doug Ford paints himself as fiscally responsible outsider in bid to lead Ontario
TORONTO - Eight years after a populist wave handed Rob Ford the reins of Canada’s largest city, his brother is testing the same brand of everyman appeal on the provincial stage. With calls to tr...
May 09, 2018
Ontario using electronic voting machines, voters' lists in the June 7 election
TORONTO - For the first time in a provincial election in Ontario, voters will use electronic voting machines when they head to the polls on June 7. The voters’ paper lists will also be a thing o...
May 09, 2018
'Iron Man' suit disappears from LA movie prop facility
LOS ANGELES - Police are investigating the disappearance of an expensive “Iron Man” suit from a Los Angeles movie prop storage facility. Los Angeles police Officer Christopher No said Wedn...
May 09, 2018
NBC says no culture of harassment in its news division
NEW YORK - NBC’s internal investigation following Matt Lauer’s firing says it doesn’t believe there is a culture of sexual harassment at the news division and that current news execu...
May 09, 2018
Canada adds Sharks defenceman Vlasic to world hockey championship team
HERNING, Denmark - Canada is adding defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to its world hockey championship roster. The veteran blue liner became available when the San Jose Sharks were eliminated by Vegas in...
May 09, 2018