Category Archives: Canadian Press
On heels of 10th place finish in Rio, Gillis takes aim at Canadian record
TORONTO - Eric Gillis will take another stab at Canada’s longstanding marathon record on Sunday, but this time he’s got nothing to lose. The 36-year-old from Antigonish, N.S., will make hi...
Oct 14, 2016
Church leaders, prominent architect pressure Cleveland Indians to change name
TORONTO - The Cleveland Indians faced growing pressure in Canada on Friday to ditch their name and mascot, including a court challenge. Douglas Cardinal, a prominent aboriginal architect, has filed an...
Oct 14, 2016
Oleksiak leads host Canadian team into world short-course swim championship
OTTAWA - Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak headlines the host Canadian team for the world short-course swimming championship in Windsor, Ont. The quadruple medallist in Rio will be joined by backstroke ...
Oct 14, 2016
Canada gives another $2 million for Haiti hurricane relief
OTTAWA - Canada is contributing another $2 million to relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. This brings Canada’s contributions to more than $6 million. The government says th...
Oct 14, 2016
Nancy Grace signs off from HLN after 12 years
NEW YORK - Nancy Grace has said goodnight for the final time after 12 years of discussing true crime stories from a prosecutor’s point of view on TV. Grace ended her HLN program Thursday night. ...
Oct 14, 2016
Public safety minister says federal disaster aid coming for Cape Breton
HALIFAX - Canada’s public safety minister promised to provide financial help to flood-ravaged parts of Cape Breton as quickly as possible Friday, following a tour of communities hit by a storm f...
Oct 14, 2016
Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice among four dead in B.C. plane crash
KELOWNA, B.C. - The family of Jim Prentice expressed its “profound shock and heartbreak” Friday after a plane carrying the former Alberta premier and three other people crashed into a heav...
Oct 14, 2016
'Everyone is on edge right now:' three youth suicides in northern Saskatchewan
LAC LA RONGE, Sask. - Aboriginal leaders and the prime minister say a crisis is unfolding in northern Saskatchewan after three young girls took their own lives and there are fears more young people ar...
Oct 14, 2016
Hershey's CEO John Bilbrey plans to retire next year
NEW YORK - Hershey says CEO John Bilbrey plans to retire from the chocolate company next year. The news comes less than two months after Oreo cookie maker Mondelez ended talks to buy Hershey, in a dea...
Oct 14, 2016
CATSA gives online advice on flying with medical marijuana
OTTAWA - The agency that screens air travellers and their luggage is now providing advice on its website about flying with medical marijuana. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says while n...
Oct 14, 2016