Category Archives: Canadian Press
After 'botch,' Walmart moves to keep disabled greeters
Walmart endured more than a week’s worth of bad publicity before announcing publicly that it was making “every effort” to find a role for disabled workers who had been threatened wit...
Mar 01, 2019
CFL players not happy about having to wait for their off-season bonuses
Rob Maver says CFL players aren’t a happy bunch as their union continues preparations for the start of collective bargaining negotiation with the league. The CFL Players’ Association and C...
Mar 01, 2019
Search into missing cryptocurrency turns up empty 'cold wallets:' Report
HALIFAX - The high-profile search for $190 million in missing cryptocurrency owed to users of the beleaguered QuadrigaCX trading platform has turned up a small amount of digital assets, but the intrig...
Mar 01, 2019

The significance of Jody Wilson-Raybould invoking Indigenous 'Big House' laws
TORONTO - Rarely are Indigenous laws invoked on Parliament Hill, but that’s exactly what happened this week when Jody Wilson-Raybould cited core values shaped by “a long line of matriarchs...
Mar 01, 2019
Documentary released 2 years after filmmaker's diving death
MIAMI - The family and friends of a Canadian filmmaker and conservationist who died during a shark-filming excursion in the Florida Keys are releasing his final documentary. “Sharkwater Extincti...
Mar 01, 2019

Federal legislation for cannabis-possession pardon not enough, critics say
OTTAWA - Long-awaited legislation that makes getting a pardon for simple possession of cannabis cheaper and quicker made it to the House of Commons Friday, but critics say it won’t be enough to ...
Mar 01, 2019
Sanchez throws two no-hit innings in Blue Jays' tie with Pirates
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Aaron Sanchez pitched two no-hit innings as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad battled to a 1-1 tie with a Pittsburgh Pirates split squad in pre-season baseball action Friday. Sanchez had...
Mar 01, 2019

Anthony (The Vegan Warrior) Mullally looks to make mark with Toronto Wolfpack
Anthony Mullally brings size, experience and a discerning palate to the Toronto Wolfpack. The recently acquired Irish international becomes the latest restaurateur to join the transatlantic rugby leag...
Mar 01, 2019

MacAulay faces tough task repairing relations with angry veterans' community
OTTAWA - When he was named Friday as Canada’s latest minister of veterans affairs, Lawrence MacAulay was given the difficult task of sweetening the Trudeau government’s relations with embi...
Mar 01, 2019
Quebec baby to get deceased father's surname after mother goes to court
MONTREAL - A Quebec mother who fought to have her deceased spouse recognized formally as the father of their child has succeeded after being obliged to go to court. Julie Duchesne wanted the paternity...
Mar 01, 2019