Category Archives: Canadian Press
Calgary's Brady Leman wins bronze medal at skicross World Cup
SUNNY VALLEY, Russia - Canada’s Brady Leman earned bronze in skicross race action on Sunday, stepping onto the World Cup podium for the third time this season. Leman, from Calgary, earned his fi...
Feb 24, 2019
'How to Train Your Dragon' tops Oscar weekend with $55.5M
LOS ANGELES - “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” breathed some fire into a slumping box office with a franchise-best $55.5 million debut over Oscar weekend. Writer-director Dean ...
Feb 24, 2019
Some Quebec elementary schools experiment with letting kids play rough
MONTREAL - While pushing and shoving is often frowned upon in the schoolyard, some Quebec elementary schools are experimenting with the idea of letting their students play rough. At least two schools ...
Feb 24, 2019
Canada's Roni Remme wins silver in alpine combined at World Cup
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - Roni Remme laid down the fastest slalom run of the day to earn her first World Cup medal - a silver - and put Canada on the podium in women’s alpine combined racing ...
Feb 24, 2019

Tariffs could jeopardize new NAFTA deal in Parliament, Garneau warns
WASHINGTON - Parliament will struggle to ratify the new North American trade deal if U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum exports aren’t lifted soon, Canada’s transport minister warned Sunda...
Feb 24, 2019

U.S. won't allow performance of Newfoundland play about man with disability
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland playwright says his failed two-year battle for a visa to perform in the United States speaks to the barriers facing independent artists telling diverse stories....
Feb 24, 2019

Canada a leader, but more must be done for women in conflict zones: UN official
OTTAWA - Canada is a trailblazer when it comes to assisting women in humanitarian crises around the world, but far more needs to be done to improve outcomes for women and girls in conflict zones, says...
Feb 24, 2019

Bangladesh police identify suspect in failed plane hijacking
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A man who was killed while trying to hijack a commercial flight in Bangladesh was a 24-year-old passenger from a village near the capital who had been previously arrested in a kidn...
Feb 24, 2019
Animal saved from icy Estonian river turns out to be a wolf
HELSINKI - Estonian construction workers got the shock of their lives when they found out the animal they saved from an icy river was not a dog but a wolf. Rando Kartsepp, Robin Sillamae and Erki Vali...
Feb 24, 2019

Liberal turmoil a 'gift' to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in B.C. byelection: expert
BURNABY, B.C. - The stakes are high for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Metro Vancouver byelection race, but an expert says recent Liberal turmoil has been a “gift” to his campaign. The 40-y...
Feb 24, 2019