Category Archives: Canadian Press
Atkinson's shootout winner leads United States to 5-4 win over Canada at worlds
HERNING, Denmark - With Connor McDavid forced to watch a shootout from the bench, Canada opened the 2018 world hockey championship by coming up short against the archrival Americans. Cam Atkinson scor...
May 04, 2018
Ottawa wanted all of Canada speaking with one voice on NAFTA: emails
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has been orchestrating the Canadian approach to the North American Free Trade Agreement talks so carefully that at one point, Ottawa issued talking points to help ensur...
May 04, 2018
Victims of Toronto van attack to receive donations from #TorontoStrong fund
TORONTO - The families of those killed and injured in last week’s van attack in Toronto will soon see some of their expenses covered as $500,000 in donations is distributed from a fund set up to...
May 04, 2018
Simonise thankful to get second chance at pro football career with Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are giving Rashaun Simonise a second lease on his pro football life. Winnipeg took the six-foot-four, 202-pound receiver in the second round, No. 12 overall, in the CFL draft...
May 04, 2018
Quebec Immigration Minister David Heurtel not seeking re-election
Quebec Immigration Minister David Heurtel is the latest member of Premier Philippe Couillard’s government to announce he won’t run again in this fall’s election. Heurtel confirmed th...
May 04, 2018
NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet. The Mars InSight lander will be trailed by a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks ...
May 04, 2018
Trudeau appoints new chief justice for New Brunswick
OTTAWA - The Prime Minister’s Office says Judge J.C. Marc Richard of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal will be the province’s new chief justice. Richard replaces J. Ernest Drapeau. The new...
May 04, 2018
'Cat-astrophe averted:' police nab alleged 'purrr-petrator' in cat litter theft
HAMILTON - “Cat-astrophe averted,” Hamilton police tweeted Friday in announcing the arrest of a suspect in the theft of a transport trailer loaded with kitty litter. Police say a man, driv...
May 04, 2018
Tories attack plan for temporary housing at Quebec border crossing
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to build temporary housing for up to 520 people at a Quebec border crossing that has seen an influx of asylum seekers. The move comes as tens of thousands o...
May 04, 2018
Starbucks Canada to provide inclusiveness training for corporate stores, offices
TORONTO - Starbucks stores and offices across Canada will close for part of an afternoon next month to provide training about creating a “culture of warmth and belonging.” The announcement...
May 04, 2018