Category Archives: Canadian Press
NDP leader Singh and caucus won't comment on MP's troubling allegations
OTTAWA - Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh kept his cards close to his suit jacket on Wednesday after huddling with his MPs for several hours to discuss troubling allegations from one of their colleagu...
May 02, 2018
MPs on Parliament Hill stricken at death of Tory colleague Gord Brown, 57
OTTAWA - Ashen-faced MPs of all political stripes commiserated with their stricken Conservative colleagues after hearing the news Wednesday that longtime Ontario Tory MP Gord Brown had died suddenly i...
May 02, 2018
Iran detains British-Iranian, Iranian with British Council
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Iranian-British national and an Iranian working for the British Council who travelled to Iran on a private trip to visit family have been detained in Iran, becoming th...
May 02, 2018
'Morally despicable:' Judge sentences former Young Canadians worker to 10 years
CALGARY - An Alberta judge has sentenced a man who worked for decades with a young people’s performance group to 10 years in prison for “morally despicable” sex offences against some...
May 02, 2018
Manitoba RCMP find starving horse, charge owners with animal neglect
MELITA, Man. - Mounties in southwestern Manitoba have laid animal cruelty charges against the owners of a horse that was so emaciated it had to be killed. An officer spotted the horse last month as sh...
May 02, 2018
Football's Mike Morreale heads up new Canadian Elite Basketball League
TORONTO - Retired longtime CFL receiver Mike Morreale hopes he can parlay his football background into a successful league for Canadian basketball players and fans. Morreale is the CEO of the new Cana...
May 02, 2018
Trudeau won't say whether Liberals will delay cannabis legalization
OTTAWA - With one Senate committee after another recommending changes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left the door open a crack Wednesday to the possibility of a delay in enacting his Liberal governme...
May 02, 2018
New Italian movie explores Berlusconi's relations with women
ROME - Italian voters’ love affair with Silvio Berlusconi may be waning, judging by the slumping fortunes of his Forza Italia party in recent elections. But Italians are invited to explore the p...
May 02, 2018
It ain't tea, babe: Bob Dylan embraces Tennessee whiskey
NASHVILLE - Music icon Bob Dylan is partnering with a distillery to make whiskey at a 140-year-old Tennessee church and bottle it under the name Heaven’s Door. News outlets report Dylan has part...
May 02, 2018
Aerosmith, Richie, Beck anchor 2nd weekend of Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS - After a three-day break, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicks off its second weekend of music, food and art. The festival picks back up again Thursday and concludes Sunday....
May 02, 2018