Category Archives: Canadian Press
CFL, players' union are at odds regarding payment of off-season bonuses
TORONTO - The CFL has drawn the ire of the CFL Players’ Association by directing its teams to stop paying players off-season bonuses until a new collective bargaining agreement is reached next y...
Jan 26, 2018
Statement from wife of RCMP officer slain in 2014 shooting spree in Moncton
MONCTON, N.B. - Nadine Larch, whose husband Const. Doug Larche was one of three police officers killed in a 2014 shooting spree in Moncton, made the following statement outside court Friday as the RCM...
Jan 26, 2018
Federal deficit through first eight months of fiscal year totals $9.1 billion
OTTAWA - The federal government’s deficit for the first eight months of the current fiscal year was smaller than a year earlier as revenue growth outpaced increases in spending. According to the...
Jan 26, 2018
Former Ontario high school principal pleads guilty in test-tampering case
TORONTO - A former Ontario high school principal pleaded guilty on Friday to professional misconduct after tampering with a standardized provincial literacy test. Christine Vellinga admitted in an agr...
Jan 26, 2018
Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle to undergo psychiatric assessment
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces a string of assault charges, will undergo a comprehensive psychiatric assessment. Boyle’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, told an Ontario ...
Jan 26, 2018
Barry and Honey Sherman victims of 'targeted' double killing, police say
TORONTO - Billionaire generic drug tycoon Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were victims of a targeted double killing but no suspects have been identified, Toronto police said on Friday. Det. Sgt. Susa...
Jan 26, 2018
Patrick Brown was the victim of a 'political hit,' says his sister
TORONTO - A longtime Progressive Conservative’s comments that she had flagged rumours about Patrick Brown to his campaign team weeks before he stepped down raised questions Friday about the part...
Jan 26, 2018
Gordon Ramsay opening steakhouse in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Gordon Ramsay will open a steakhouse this summer at Harrah’s casino in Atlantic City. It is set to open Memorial Day weekend and will be the second Atlantic City restaurant...
Jan 26, 2018
Wolfpack to spend more time in England this season due to stadium renovations
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack’s home debut has been pushed back to May after the decision to schedule an April 28 game against Halifax RLFC in a neutral site in north London at the home of the ...
Jan 26, 2018
A deeper look into new research on factors that drive 'northern populism'
OTTAWA - Across the world, citizens who have felt sideswiped by technological, cultural and economic progress have sought to regain some measure of control by seeking to upend the political status quo...
Jan 26, 2018