Category Archives: Canadian Press
Seven stories in the news today, Oct. 5
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 5 --- VOTING BEGINS TODAY FOR NEW PQ LEADER Members of the Parti Quebecois begin voting today for a new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau. More than ...
Oct 05, 2016
China tries to block visits of Canadian diplomats to Tibet, says Dion
OTTAWA - China has for years tried to block Canadian diplomats from Tibet, banning some of them from visiting aid projects once funded by Canadian taxpayers, says Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dio...
Oct 05, 2016
Five times Trump's running mate contradicted him in TV debate
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s running mate earned good reviews for a smooth debate performance, with one CNN poll showing six per cent more respondents who watched Tuesday’s event declaring ...
Oct 05, 2016
Decision reserved in trial of Winnipeg woman charged with hiding newborns
WINNIPEG - A woman who placed the remains of six infants inside a storage locker was not hiding or disposing of them, but rather keeping them, her lawyer argued Wednesday. Greg Brodsky said his client...
Oct 05, 2016
AMF questions why former Amaya CEO never testified to declare innocence
MONTREAL - The lawyer for Quebec’s securities regulator questioned why the former CEO of online gaming giant Amaya never testified before a tribunal hearing to proclaim his innocence in the face...
Oct 05, 2016
Voting begins for Pierre Karl Peladeau's successor as Parti Quebecois leader
MONTREAL - Members of the Parti Quebecois have begun voting for a new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau. More than 73,200 members can vote by phone or online, until Friday at 5 p.m. eastern. The ...
Oct 05, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games American League wild card Toronto 5 Baltimore 2 (11 innings) — NHL Pre-season Buffalo 2 Carolina 0 N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT) Montreal 4 Boston 3 Columbus 3 Nashv...
Oct 05, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games American League wild card Toronto 5 Baltimore 2 (11 innings) — NHL Pre-season Buffalo 2 Carolina 0 N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT) Montreal 4 Boston 3 Columbus 3 Nashv...
Oct 05, 2016
Trump's running mate slips from debate jabs, into a parallel universe
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s running mate good-naturedly smiled, shook his head, and denied things his partner has said when confronted with those words during the election’s only vice-pres...
Oct 04, 2016
Hurricane Matthew hitting Bahamas as Haiti tries to dig out
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Rescue workers in Haiti struggled to reach isolated towns on Haiti’s southern peninsula and learn the full extent of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew...
Oct 04, 2016