Category Archives: Canadian Press
Daleman added to Canada's team for world figure skating championships
Gabrielle Daleman has been added to Canada’s team for the world figure skating championships. The 21-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., led after the short program at last month’s Canadian cha...
Feb 22, 2019
Canadian men's rink set to meet Norway in semifinals at world juniors
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Canada’s Selena Sturmay has advanced to the semifinals at the world junior curling championships. Sturmay’s Edmonton-based rink beat Russia’s Vlada Rumyanceva 8-3 i...
Feb 22, 2019
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal
VIENNA - Iran is continuing to comply with the landmark 2015 deal with major powers aimed at preventing Tehran from building atomic weapons in exchange for economic incentives despite the United State...
Feb 22, 2019
Feds have 'significant concern' about impact of economic shocks on indebted
OTTAWA - In the lead up to his pre-election budget, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been alerted by his department that Canadians’ heavy debts have made abrupt shocks to incomes, house...
Feb 22, 2019
Families of those shot in Toronto attack seek ban on handguns, assault rifles
TORONTO - Seven months after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in Toronto’s Greektown, survivors and victims’ loved ones called on Ottawa to ban private ownership of handguns and assault...
Feb 22, 2019
At Kraft Heinz, a fed investigation and a $15.4B write-down
PITTSBURGH - Kraft Heinz disclosed an investigation by federal regulators and will slash the value of its Oscar Mayer and Kraft brands by $15.4 billion. Shares plunged 26 per cent at the opening bell ...
Feb 22, 2019
'Empire' producers cut Smollett from season's last episodes
CHICAGO - Actor Jussie Smollett’s character on “Empire” will be removed from the final two episodes of this season in the wake of his arrest on charges that he staged a racist, anti-...
Feb 22, 2019
German police say dead cow kicked slaughterhouse worker
BERLIN - Police in southern Germany say a slaughterhouse worker suffered serious injuries after being kicked in the face by a dead cow. In a statement, police said the cow was “killed according ...
Feb 22, 2019
Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat
WASHINGTON - William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of t...
Feb 22, 2019
Trudeau tells Canadians to listen to clerk in SNC-Lavalin matter
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be pressured Monday to testify at a House of Commons committee looking into allegations the prime minister and his staff pressured former attorney general J...
Feb 22, 2019