Category Archives: Canadian Press
Denis Shapovalov wins opening match at Open Sud de France
MONTPELLIER, France - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov is off to the quarterfinals at the ATP Tour’s Open Sud de France. The third-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat Marcel Granoll...
Feb 07, 2019

StatCan says number of cannabis users relatively unchanged since legalization
OTTAWA - The national statistics offices says legalizing cannabis doesn’t seem to have much changed how many people use the drug. Figures released Thursday morning from Statistics Canada show ab...
Feb 07, 2019

Trudeau denies report his office pressured attorney general to help SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied a potentially incendiary allegation that his office told former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution...
Feb 07, 2019
Grammy week events begin with salute to Willie Nelson
LOS ANGELES - Kacey Musgraves, Dave Matthews and Lukas Nelson saluted the outlaw king of country music Willie Nelson with tributes and performances at a famed Los Angeles studio. The Recording Academy...
Feb 07, 2019

Juliette Binoche: Let justice do its work in Weinstein case
BERLIN - Actress Juliette Binoche is urging people to “let justice do what it needs to do” in the case of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, and says it shouldn’t be forgotten that he...
Feb 07, 2019

'I will never let you down,' Trump tells prayer breakfast
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told attendees at the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that he stands behind them, even as speakers bemoaned the level of division in the country and wh...
Feb 07, 2019

Ivanka Trump project seeks to help women in developing world
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threw his weight behind his daughter’s latest White House effort Thursday, backing her initiative to provide an economic boost to women in the developing worl...
Feb 07, 2019
Iran's 'revolution babies' weigh their progress since 1979
TEHRAN, Iran - They were born after their parents’ protests brought down the shah of Iran in 1979, when enthusiasm gave way to the hard years of U.S.-led isolation and a bloody, eight-year war w...
Feb 07, 2019
Iran decrees mass pardon in honour of revolution anniversary
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned a “large number” of prisoners in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, state TV reported ...
Feb 07, 2019
South hopeful, wary, but nuke talks crucial for Korean ties
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often-belligerent northern neighbour, are reacting with both hope and wariness to President Donald Tru...
Feb 07, 2019