Category Archives: Canadian Press
Loblaw criticized for personal information requests in gift card roll out
Loblaw Companies Ltd. isn’t providing details as to why some Canadians have been singled out with requests to hand over additional personal information to secure their $25 gift card related to t...
Mar 13, 2018
Amber Alert lifted for missing 10-year-old Montreal boy
Montreal police cancelled a Quebec-wide Amber Alert in the case of a missing 10-year-old boy late Tuesday, but the search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou was continuing. Police said they made the decision t...
Mar 13, 2018
Higher public debt has helped slow build-up of household debt: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government’s steps to amass more public debt have helped Canadians avoid an even faster build-up of their personal debt loads, even though such household burdens have still ...
Mar 13, 2018
Madonna to direct film on dancer Michaela DePrince's life
LOS ANGELES - Madonna is pirouetting back into the director’s chair. MGM Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman says Tuesday that the pop music icon will direct a film based on ballet ...
Mar 13, 2018
El Salvador court commutes 2nd woman's abortion sentence
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador’s Supreme Court has commuted the sentence of a second woman serving a prison sentence for what she said was a miscarriage. Mayra Veronica Figueroa Marroqu...
Mar 13, 2018
Ex-student charged in Florida shooting silent in court
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month remained silent in court Wednesday and had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf as poli...
Mar 13, 2018
South Africa declares drought as national disaster
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has declared that the drought afflicting Cape Town and other parts of the country is a national disaster. The government announcement on Tuesday allows officials to more ea...
Mar 13, 2018
Joy Behar of 'The View' apologizes for Christianity comment
NEW YORK - Joy Behar of “The View” apologized Tuesday for suggesting mental illness was behind claims by people that Jesus Christ talks to them, in remarks made on her show last month abou...
Mar 13, 2018
U Sports men's hockey trophy renamed David Johnston University Cup
TORONTO - David Johnston is now part of a select group of former Canadian governors general honoured at the highest levels of sport. U Sports, Canadian university athletics’ governing body, anno...
Mar 13, 2018
Montreal to hold public talks before limiting cars on Mount Royal
Montreal’s iconic Mount Royal Park, the three-headed hill in the centre of the city that offers panoramic views of the island, has become the latest flashpoint in the battle over the role of the...
Mar 13, 2018