Category Archives: Canadian Press
Actors hired to pose as Ontario Tory supporters outside leaders' debate
TORONTO - Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives spent part of their day Tuesday explaining why a local candidate hired actors to pose as Tory supporters outside the first leaders’ debate a...
May 08, 2018
G7 leaders can't avoid Iran at summit with Trump, say European diplomats
OTTAWA - Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement will be a topic of discussion at next month’s G7 summit in Quebec’s Charlevoix ...
May 08, 2018
Jays closer Osuna charged with assault, placed on administrative leave
Toronto Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball Tuesday after being charged with assault. The league said it was investigating the circumstances of t...
May 08, 2018
Surf clam controversy: Federal bid for reconciliation lands in court
HALIFAX - One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s signature bids to promote reconciliation with Indigenous groups in Atlantic Canada is now facing a court challenge and allegations of conflict of...
May 08, 2018
Ottawa to step up monitoring of threatened species habitat on provincial land
OTTAWA - An environmental group is declaring victory following a federal government decision to increase its oversight of habitat for threatened species on provincial land. The Canadian Parks and Wild...
May 08, 2018
Ex-officer who killed Australian woman appears in court
MINNEAPOLIS - A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman last summer after she called 911 to report a possible assault didn’t speak in a brief court appe...
May 08, 2018
Russian hackers posed as IS to threaten military wives
PARIS - Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone: “Dear Angela!” it said. “Bloody ...
May 08, 2018
Trump declares US leaving 'horrible' Iran nuclear accord
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran on Tuesday, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his p...
May 08, 2018
Fateful days: Iran nuclear deal, US embassy move, Gaza march
The Middle East is bracing for milestone events packed into one week that could reverberate in unforeseen ways and change the trajectory of a region shaped by growing conflict between Iran and Saudi A...
May 08, 2018
California judge affirms ruling for coffee cancer warnings
LOS ANGELES - A court ruling that gave coffee drinkers a jolt earlier this year was finalized Monday when a Los Angeles judge said coffee sold in California must carry cancer warnings. Superior Court ...
May 08, 2018