Category Archives: Canadian Press
Diplomats warn Canada of Russian meddling in finance and elections
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland planned to use a Friday meeting in Ukraine to get more information on reports that a man arrested there this on suspicion of spying for Russia sat i...
Dec 22, 2017
American sentenced after crash in New Brunswick claims Mountie's life
MONCTON, N.B. - A man from Pennsylvania who was driving a van that struck and killed a Mountie on a New Brunswick highway has been fined $3,000 and banned from driving for two years. Vasiliy Meshko of...
Dec 22, 2017
E. coli outbreak from lettuce shows problems with produce traceability: expert
TORONTO - A Canadian expert in food distribution says he is surprised by how long it is taking for a recall to be issued after one death and dozens of illnesses in recent weeks have been linked to rom...
Dec 22, 2017
Niagara Falls mortgage agent among judges for 2018 Westminster dog show
Stephen Dainard’s work as a dog show judge has taken him around the globe, but he was especially excited when he got the call to represent Canada at a competition early next year in New York. Th...
Dec 22, 2017
2 officials convicted at FIFA trial; 3rd awaits verdict
NEW YORK - Two former South American soccer officials were convicted Friday of corruption charges at the first U.S. trial stemming from the FIFA bribery scandal, while deliberations will continue next...
Dec 22, 2017
Some Quebec flood victims preparing to spend Christmas in hotel rooms
MONTREAL - All Tauseef Bhatti wants for the holidays is a permit to rebuild his home. The Montreal-area resident, his wife and their four children are one of several families who are still living in h...
Dec 22, 2017
Jays' Huffman becomes just the second female head athletic trainer in major leagues
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have named Nikki Huffman head athletic trainer, making her only the second woman to hold that position in any of North America’s top four sports leagues. Huffman ...
Dec 22, 2017
Austria: Trains collide near Vienna, about a dozen injured
BERLIN - Two passenger trains collided near a station north of Austria’s capital Friday, injuring several people, authorities said. The two regional trains collided near the station in Kritzendo...
Dec 22, 2017
Toronto FC opens CONCACAF play on Feb. 20, then hosts Colorado on Feb. 27
Toronto FC will host the Colorado Rapids on Feb. 27 at BMO Field in the return leg of their round-of-16 series in the CONCACAF Champions League. The first leg is scheduled for Feb. 20 at Dick’s ...
Dec 22, 2017
Finance Department trims long-term deficit projections after year of growth
OTTAWA - The federal Finance Department has shaved several years of projected deficits from Canada’s long-term financial future following better-than-expected economic growth in 2017 - though ma...
Dec 22, 2017