Category Archives: Canadian Press
NDP leader Singh's new chief of staff brings brains, sober second thought
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh remembers being deeply impressed the first time he got to know Willy Blomme, the woman who would later become his new chief of staff. He also remembers thinki...
Nov 20, 2017
Opponents seek to prolong conflict of interest allegations directed at Morneau
OTTAWA - Opposition parties took turns criticizing Bill Morneau on Monday as they tried to drag out a stinging ethics controversy that has swarmed the finance minister for weeks. Back in the House of ...
Nov 20, 2017
Calgary Stampeders head to Ottawa wise in the ways of Grey Cup week
CALGARY - The scene in the Calgary Stampeders locker-room after last year’s Grey Cup is imprinted in Alex Singleton’s brain. A rookie experiencing his first CFL championship game, the deva...
Nov 20, 2017
Raptors' DeMar DeRozan picks up Eastern Conference player of week award
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan has earned the NBA’s Eastern Conference player of the week honour after leading the Raptors to four consecutive wins. It’s the sixth time DeRozan has won the award....
Nov 20, 2017
Decision on Haitians' status in the U.S. has Canada on alert for asylum seekers
OTTAWA - A decision by the Trump administration to end a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States has the Canadian government on...
Nov 20, 2017
Models, politicians remember late designer Alaia in Tunisia
SIDI BOU SAID, Tunisia - Models, government ministers, relatives and friends have attended the funeral in Tunisia of fashion designer Azzedine Alaia, a native of the North African country who won inte...
Nov 20, 2017
Cops nab alleged impaired driver in Prince Edward Island drive-thru
STRATFORD, P.E.I. - An alleged drunk driver who jumped the line in a McDonald’s drive-thru proved easy to catch: He was still waiting for his food when police arrived. RCMP in Stratford, P.E.I.,...
Nov 20, 2017
Piikani Chief challenges Stoney bid to change southern Alberta place names
CALGARY - A bid by a group of First Nations to have well-known places across southern Alberta, including Calgary, renamed in their language is being challenged by the chief of another Indigenous commu...
Nov 20, 2017
LGBTQ advocates want military, RCMP, public service to take part in apology
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should not be the only one to say sorry for state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people, say advocates who have long demanded the federal government apo...
Nov 20, 2017
Joshua Boyle's wife says captivity 'intolerable' for her children
OTTAWA - An American woman who endured five years of captivity in Afghanistan said she and her Canadian husband resisted their captors and did the best they could to raise young children in brutal con...
Nov 20, 2017