Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds spend $4 million on media training, coaching services for civil servants
OTTAWA - The federal government spent just over $4 million on outside coaching services for non-partisan public servants in the year since the Liberals came to power. That includes money for media tra...
Dec 06, 2016
Former champion Bute to face Alvarez in battle of Montreal-based light heavies
MONTREAL - Former champion Lucian Bute is scheduled to face top contender Eleider Alvarez on Feb. 24 in Quebec City in a battle of Montreal-based light heavyweights. Alvarez (20-0) first must get thro...
Dec 06, 2016
Notley won't weigh in on B.C. election after meeting anti-pipeline NDP leader
VANCOUVER - For Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, pipeline politics begin and end at home. Her support of Kinder Morgan Canada’s $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has put her at odds w...
Dec 06, 2016
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 6 --- DOWNIE SOBS DURING HONOURING CEREMONY AT AFN MEETING: Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie sobbed as he was honoured at the Assembly of First Natio...
Dec 06, 2016
Sex abuse likely linked to suicides among indigenous youth: grand chief
GATINEAU, Que. - There appears to be a direct correlation between alleged sexual abuse on northern Ontario reserves and a number of recent suicides involving young girls, says Nishnawbe Aski Nation Gr...
Dec 06, 2016
Raonic's Rise, Bouchard's fall and junior successes make up Canada's tennis year
MONTREAL - Milos Raonic’s rise in world rankings and a foursome of promising juniors has the people charged with developing Canadian tennis talent in a cheery mood. “We’re very proud...
Dec 06, 2016
Former Newfoundland soldier released from Iraqi prison, mother says
A Newfoundland military veteran arrested in northern Iraq last week has been released from prison, his mother says. Kay Kennedy told VOCM radio that her son, Michael, was released Tuesday. Her son had...
Dec 06, 2016
Lasers on a thumbnail reveal Franklin expedition diet, cause of death
New research has shed more light on one of Canada’s enduring mysteries - the fate of the Franklin expedition. Scientists used lasers and high-energy beams from the Canadian Light Source in Saska...
Dec 06, 2016
Did authorities miss opportunities to prevent tragic fire?
OAKLAND, Calif. - City and state officials fielded years of complaints about dangerous conditions, drugs, neglected children, trash, thefts and squabbles at the illegally converted warehouse where 36 ...
Dec 06, 2016
More than 20 still missing off Yemen after ship sinks
SANAA, Yemen - At least 36 people have been rescued after a ship carrying more than 60 people capsized in the Arabian Sea as search efforts continue for the missing passengers, a Yemeni military offic...
Dec 06, 2016