Category Archives: Canadian Press
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 15. -- RBC HIKING MORTGAGE RATES: Royal Bank is raising its mortgage rates and making it more expensive for homebuyers who want to take more than 25 yea...
Nov 15, 2016
The Latest: Trump goes out for dinner without press in tow
WASHINGTON - The Latest on Donald Trump’s transition to the presidency (all times EST): 10:30 p.m. President-elect Donald Trump has broken with protocol by leaving his Trump Tower residence with...
Nov 15, 2016
No charges against Quebec police accused of abusing native women: reports
MONTREAL - Crown officials will not lay charges against Quebec provincial police in the alleged sexual abuse of indigenous women, various media reported Tuesday. The reports quoted unnamed sources as ...
Nov 15, 2016
'It's a betrayal:' former Calgary police officer charged with kidnapping
CALGARY - A former police officer is facing 11 criminal code charges that include kidnapping and obstruction of justice. “These are serious criminal charges. Full stop,” Ray Robitaille, de...
Nov 15, 2016
AP EXPLAINS: Election brings white nationalism to forefront
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Donald Trump’s choice of far-right publishing executive Steve Bannon as a top White House adviser is bringing new scrutiny to a troubling, decades-old ideology: white national...
Nov 15, 2016
Action now on more drug-consumption sites: Victoria's public health officer
VICTORIA - Health officials in Victoria are asking for public feedback in a bid to open two supervised drug consumption sites in a city where overdoses are continuing to surpass other regions in the p...
Nov 15, 2016
Life in the White House bubble? Trump's had practice
WASHINGTON - For nearly the entire week since he became president-elect, Donald Trump has been holed up in his gilded New York skyscraper. A steady stream of visitors has come to him, flooding through...
Nov 15, 2016
NHL GMs debate place of blindside hits, shootout tweaks and expansion
TORONTO - When Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri clocked Canucks winger Daniel Sedin from the blindside on Nov. 5 he inadvertently reignited a debate about blindside hits in the National Hockey League. T...
Nov 15, 2016
Globe and Mail publisher joins Rebel Media in criticizing CBC digital news
OTTAWA - The bastion of Canadian establishment journalism and a pugnacious media upstart took turns ripping into the publicly funded CBC in testimony Tuesday to the Commons Heritage committee. The pub...
Nov 15, 2016
Wilkinson's 'Birds of Opulence' wins Ernest Gaines Award
NEW ORLEANS - The 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence goes to Kentucky writer, poet and educator Crystal Wilkinson for her debut novel, “Birds of Opulence.” The Baton Rouge...
Nov 15, 2016