Category Archives: Canadian Press
Change EI to make it simpler, more equitable, Duclos says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the employment insurance system says the program needs a serious redesign in the next few years to meet changing economic and social conditions. In a roundta...
Dec 01, 2016
Four stories in the news today, Dec. 1
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Dec.1 --- ’60S SCOOPS CLASS ACTION BACK IN COURT TODAY The ’60s Scoop class action returns to court in Toronto today, with the federal government ask...
Dec 01, 2016
Military officer demoted after pleading guilty in sexual misconduct case
KINGSTON, Ont. - An officer in the Canadian Forces has been demoted in a sexual misconduct case. A statement from the military says Capt. David Christensen pleaded guilty this week to a charge under t...
Dec 01, 2016
All-Star Game no longer determines Series start
NEW YORK - The league that wins baseball’s All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season r...
Nov 30, 2016
SKorean police say man burns late dictator's home
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean police say they have detained a man suspected of setting fire to the birthplace of late military dictator Park Chung-hee, the father of current President Park ...
Nov 30, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final Second leg Toronto 5 Montreal 2 (Toronto wins series 7-5 on aggregate) — NHL N.Y. Islanders 5 Pittsburgh ...
Nov 30, 2016
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final Second leg Toronto 5 Montreal 2 (Toronto wins series 7-5 on aggregate) — NHL N.Y. Islanders 5 Pittsburgh ...
Nov 30, 2016
MLB players, owners reach tentative labour deal
IRVING, Texas - Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a five-year labour contract that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years. After days of near r...
Nov 30, 2016
Friend says little boy who died of strep infection suffered greatly
CALGARY - A friend of a woman accused of criminal negligence in the death of her seven-year-old son says though the child was in “a state of supreme suffering” on the night before he died,...
Nov 30, 2016
Montreal Impact sees season end in painful loss to arch-rival Toronto FC
TORONTO - In an otherwise quiet Montreal Impact dressing room Wednesday night, Ambroise Oyongo sat at his locker, deliberately tossing his shoes and shin-pads, one at a time, across the room into a bi...
Nov 30, 2016