Category Archives: Canadian Press
They'll always have Paris: Commons votes to ratify global climate deal
OTTAWA - The House of Commons voted Wednesday to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change, cementing a cornerstone of the Liberal government’s environmental policy and helping to tip the sca...
Oct 05, 2016
Blue Jays announce starters for American League division series against Texas
TORONTO - Marco Estrada will get the start for Toronto when the Blue Jays open their American League division series against Texas tomorrow. The Blue Jays have announced their rotation for the first f...
Oct 05, 2016
Former real-estate executive to serve community sentence for multimillion fraud
CALGARY - A former real-estate investment executive who pleaded guilty to his part in a multimillion-dollar fraud will not be serving time behind bars. Varun Aurora has been sentenced to two years les...
Oct 05, 2016
Ex-Pats player wants witness descriptions barred from trial
BOSTON - Lawyers for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez asked a judge on Wednesday to prevent the jury at his upcoming double murder trial from hearing descriptions of the shooter from t...
Oct 05, 2016
Jury set for rape lawsuit involving Knicks' Derrick Rose
LOS ANGELES - A federal court jury of six women and two men was selected Wednesday for the trial of a $21 million lawsuit by a woman who claims she was gang-raped by NBA star Derrick Rose and two othe...
Oct 05, 2016
Anti-Trump activists set sights on recruiting Americans living abroad
VANCOUVER - An activist organization’s campaign to keep Donald Trump out of the White House is spilling across the border into Canada as the group ramps up efforts to convince U.S. voters living...
Oct 05, 2016
Unfortunate incidents involving fans nothing new on the baseball diamond
TORONTO - Pile tens of thousands of fans into a stadium, add some high-intensity sports drama and throw a little alcohol into the mix and you’re bound to get someone who takes things a little to...
Oct 05, 2016
Fight against Islamic State group will grow harder after Mosul: Canadian general
WASHINGTON - A Canadian general who directs training of Iraqi security forces says the widely anticipated ousting of the Islamic State group from its stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq is likely to ...
Oct 05, 2016
Sportsnet touts four million viewers for Jays vs. Orioles matchup
TORONTO - More than four million viewers caught the Toronto Blue Jays’ thrilling do-or-die win over the Baltimore Orioles to clinch a spot in the American League Division Series, Sportsnet said ...
Oct 05, 2016
Couillard waxes poetic with 'Waiting for Gaudreault' ode to interim PQ leader
QUEBEC - Philippe Couillard’s poetic side emerged Wednesday as he invoked Moliere and Samuel Beckett in paying tribute to Parti Quebecois member Sylvain Gaudreault. The Quebec premier stood up i...
Oct 05, 2016