Category Archives: Canadian Press

Actress Julianne Moore helps unveil sex misconduct policies
NEW YORK - Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore has helped New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration unveil the governor’s series of initiatives aimed at improving the lives of women in ...
Feb 19, 2019

Wiltjer, Ejim & Co., have logged millions of kilometres to play for Canada
With a few hours to kill during a recent layover in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Kyle Wiltjer was wondering aloud. The former Gonzaga forward was about to bend his six-foot-10 frame onto yet an...
Feb 19, 2019

B.C. budget includes child fund, climate plan, Indigenous revenue sharing
VICTORIA - The B.C. government maintained its focus on providing programs to help families cope financially in its latest budget Tuesday, following efforts a year ago to crack down on property specula...
Feb 19, 2019
Highlights of the 2019-20 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia’s 2019-20 budget presented Tuesday: - A new Child Opportunity Benefit will replace an existing tax program for families next year, providing families wi...
Feb 19, 2019

Retraumatized: Inuit leaders say sex charges stay for priest hurts victims
OTTAWA - Canada’s decision to stay charges against a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children and believed to be in France is traumatizing victims all over again, Arctic leaders say. ...
Feb 19, 2019

TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
ST. LAZARE, Man. - Federal investigators say CN railcars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of 110 cars ...
Feb 19, 2019

Seven CFL teams featured male performers on their cheer/hype teams
The Montreal Alouettes incorporated men into their cheer team for the first time last season. Longtime director Annie Larouche hopes the program can achieve another first in 2019. “I have male (...
Feb 19, 2019

Feeling good? How about training like a super-hero in the boxing gym?
Feeling on top of your game? A new product from a Canadian company can help aspiring fighters train like a super-hero. Canadian-based Hayabusa Fightwear is partnering with Marvel Entertainment on a li...
Feb 19, 2019

Canadian retaliation to U.S. metal tariffs causing pain: ambassador
OTTAWA - Americans are complaining about the pain caused by Ottawa’s retaliation against the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs, Canada’s ambassador to the United Stat...
Feb 19, 2019
Venezuela shuts sea, air links to Dutch islands amid turmoil
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan officials said Tuesday that the country is banning air and sea trips to and from three Dutch Caribbean islands - a region that has been linked to efforts to undermine P...
Feb 19, 2019