Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds create new ombudsperson to keep tabs on corporate behaviour abroad
OTTAWA - Investment firms, human rights groups and aid agencies gave a thumbs-up Wednesday to the Liberal government’s decision to create an independent watchdog to enforce responsible conduct o...
Jan 17, 2018
Manitoba premier mum in debate over men's club where Tory MLA held fundraiser
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he won’t weigh into a debate over a squash club that doesn’t allow women to become members and where one of his backbenchers held a fundrai...
Jan 17, 2018
Jagmeet Singh, newly engaged, plans to seek healthy public, private balance
OTTAWA - Few personal relationships are the subject of national media scrutiny, but NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and his new fiancee Gurkiran Kaur say they’re up for the challenge. Singh, 38, public...
Jan 17, 2018
Woman's body switched at funeral home, accidentally cremated: grieving family
BERWICK, N.S. - A Nova Scotia family grieving the loss of a relative said they were stunned when they went to a local funeral home for her service only to be presented with the bodies of two other wom...
Jan 17, 2018
Unified Olympic hockey team comes with 'mixed feelings' for Canadian Murray
The Canadian coach of the South Korean women’s hockey team says she has “mixed feelings” about including players from North Korea on her roster. Sarah Murray, a dual Canadian-America...
Jan 17, 2018
Fans' frustration grows as Celine Dion cancels another two Vegas concerts
LAS VEGAS - Celine Dion has pulled out of another two concerts in Las Vegas, making it five shows she’s had to cancel this month due to illness. A statement on Dion’s Facebook page says co...
Jan 17, 2018
Newly freed Diab wants reforms to Canada's 'lousy' extradition law
OTTAWA - Newly freed Hassan Diab, who spent more than three years locked up in France on suspicion of murder, is calling for changes to Canada’s “lousy” extradition law. The Ottawa s...
Jan 17, 2018
WH claiming sweeping 'executive privilege' in Russia probes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s White House is relying on a sweeping interpretation of executive privilege that is rankling members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as current and fo...
Jan 17, 2018
Curry says she wasn't surprised by Lauer allegations
NEW YORK - Former “Today” show anchor Ann Curry says she’s not surprised by the allegations that got former colleague Matt Lauer fired and that there was an atmosphere of verbal sexu...
Jan 17, 2018
Snow, ice and record cold grip the South; at least 10 dead
ATLANTA - Snow, ice and a record-breaking blast of cold closed runways, highways, schools and government offices across the South and sent cars sliding off roads Wednesday in a corner of the country i...
Jan 17, 2018