Category Archives: Canadian Press
Immigration and clean power top agenda for federal and Atlantic officials
HALIFAX - A federal program aimed at attracting foreign workers to Atlantic Canada will be extended for another two years. The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program was supposed to end this year, but fed...
Mar 01, 2019

Alberta ban on school seclusion rooms comes with possible exemptions
EDMONTON - Alberta Education Minister David Eggen says schools and parents will be able to request exemptions to a ban on seclusion rooms that will take effect this fall. Eggen stresses that regardles...
Mar 01, 2019

Montreal police won't face charges in fatal 2017 shooting of black man: Crown
MONTREAL - The police officers who fatally shot a black man during a 2017 intervention at an east-end Montreal apartment won’t face charges, Quebec’s Crown prosecutors’ office announ...
Mar 01, 2019
Aretha Franklin complained about missing money before death
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities in suburban Detroit are investigating whether someone cheated singer Aretha Franklin by cashing a $178,000 check before her death last August. Oakland County c...
Mar 01, 2019
Alliance in holding pattern on Johnny Manziel
Johnny Manziel could wind up as part of the Alliance of American Football. Or he could not. The new league is in a holding pattern regarding the quarterback who had his contract terminated this week b...
Mar 01, 2019

Canadian government green-lights formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou
OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department gave the go-ahead Friday for an extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, marking the formal start of the high-profile process that has put Canada...
Mar 01, 2019
Balmain celebrates trouble-makers in sexy Paris show
PARIS - Balmain celebrated rebellious trouble-makers at Paris Fashion Week Friday in a sexy show with spikes and studs, while Issey Miyake turned fashion design on its head with a fabric that can be m...
Mar 01, 2019

Veteran prop Rob Brouwer hopes Arrows experience will lead to World Cup squad
Toronto Arrows prop Rob Brouwer came late to rugby and, at age 36, still has high hopes in the sport. The teacher from Lindsay, Ont., is looking to crack Canada’s World Cup roster this fall. ...
Mar 01, 2019

Canadian coaches face tough - but enviable - task of picking World Cup team
TORONTO - With Canada’s wealth of talent on the ice, hockey fans have enjoyed doing this for decades. They’ve scribbled their Olympic dream teams down on bar napkins over beers. They’...
Mar 01, 2019
Chemical weapons watchdog says chlorine was used in Douma
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The global chemical weapons watchdog said Friday it found “reasonable grounds” that chlorine was used as a weapon in a deadly attack on the Syrian town of Douma la...
Mar 01, 2019