Category Archives: Canadian Press
Actors union says meetings in hotel rooms, homes should end
NEW YORK - The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday called for an end to auditions and professional meetings in private hotel rooms and residences in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. SAG-AFTRA iss...
Apr 12, 2018
Princess Anne visits her father Prince Philip in hospital
LONDON - Princess Anne has visited her father Prince Philip in the hospital in London where he is recovering from hip replacement surgery. She visited the 96-year-old Philip at the King Edward VII Hos...
Apr 12, 2018
Father of missing Montreal boy urges mayor to set up police abduction squad
MONTREAL - The father of a boy who has been missing for a month asked Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and police Thursday to set up a squad that would specialize in investigating abductions. “Thir...
Apr 12, 2018
U.S. makes big trade moves: softens autos demand on NAFTA, explores TPP re-entry
WASHINGTON - In a pair of dramatic moves, the Trump administration has signalled a growing desire to secure new trade deals, softening one key demand in the NAFTA negotiations, then expressing an inte...
Apr 12, 2018
Border agents make 'significant' beer seizure at Lacolle crossing in Quebec
SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Border services in Quebec say agents have made a significant beer seizure at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing. A spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency s...
Apr 12, 2018
Canada's Meaghan Benfeito wins silver for 2nd straight day at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito won her second silver medal in as many days at the Commonwealth Games, finishing runner-up to Australia’s Melissa Wu in the 10-metre platf...
Apr 12, 2018
Peterborough teen scores invite to royal wedding for charity work
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - A fifteen-year-old southern Ontario girl has scored an invitation to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for her charity work. Faith Dickinson of Peterborough earned the...
Apr 12, 2018
Too many black, Indigenous kids in Ontario child-welfare system, report finds
TORONTO - Black and Indigenous children appear to be put into care in relatively far greater numbers than other racial groups in Ontario, according to a report released Thursday that makes an urgent c...
Apr 12, 2018
Long ball and starting rotation stability helping Blue Jays to strong start
If the Toronto Blue Jays continue their current pace, they will post the best winning percentage for the month of April in franchise history. They’re off to a solid start thanks to a stabilized ...
Apr 12, 2018
Trudeau government should make 'robust' reforms to info law, report card says
OTTAWA - The federal government should make “robust reforms” to the Access to Information Act to finally bring the law into the 21st century, says an independent report card on Canada̵...
Apr 12, 2018