Category Archives: Canadian Press

United Conservative leader Jason Kenney says he won't legislate on abortion
EDMONTON - United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says he will not legislate on abortion even though party members passed a resolution that advocates on both sides say could do just that. “I...
May 08, 2018
QuickList: Where the inquiry has passed, failed and areas that require work
OTTAWA - The Native Women’s Association of Canada has issued a new report card for the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and has found problems. It found the inquiry fa...
May 08, 2018

Disney seeks new frontiers as more people watch video online
NEW YORK - Disney is seeking new frontiers. The media company launched its $5-a-month sports streaming service, ESPN Plus, last month, and it signed a deal with Twitter this month to create Marvel, AB...
May 08, 2018
Jets head to Nashville for Game 7 of roller-coaster series with Predators
WINNIPEG - There was a brief moment of locker-room levity after the Jets had just blown a chance to clinch a spot in the Western Conference final for the first time in franchise - and the city’s...
May 08, 2018
Lucky No. 7? For Canada's NHL teams, more seventh hell than seventh heaven
If the Winnipeg Jets are going to be the first Canadian NHL team in a quarter of a century to win a Stanley Cup, they’ll have to buck a recent trend of this country’s clubs losing the seve...
May 08, 2018
Tony Dungy next inductee into Buccaneers Ring of Honour
TAMPA, Fla. - Super Bowl-winning Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy is the next inductee into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Ring of Honor. The Bucs made the announcement Tuesday, saying Dungy will be hon...
May 08, 2018
Former Montreal Alouettes head coach Joe Scannella dies at age 89
MONTREAL - Joe Scannella, who coached the Montreal Alouettes to two Grey Cup games in the 1970s, has died, the CFL club announced Tuesday. The team was informed by a family member that Scannella, who ...
May 08, 2018
Liberal government to spend $1.6M to showcase Canada at G7 media centre
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will spend nearly $1.6 million to market Canada to foreign journalists coming to Quebec City for next month’s G7 summit, conjuring echoes of the political uproar ...
May 08, 2018

'Ghosts of the Tsunami' wins Rathbones Folio literary prize
LONDON - A reporter’s powerful account of communities devastated by Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Tuesday. Richard Lloyd Parry’s...
May 08, 2018
Strike forces more cancellations at Caesars Windsor
WINDSOR, Ont. - Caesars Windsor says it is postponing hotel reservations and concerts through the end of May due to an ongoing strike by employees. About 2,300 members of Unifor Local 444 walked off t...
May 08, 2018