Category Archives: Canadian Press

Toronto Wolfpack looking for 'rough diamond' ahead of rugby league debut
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack’s search for a “rough diamond” officially starts Saturday. The fledgling rugby league team will be running some 20 to 25 athletes through drills at Lam...
Sep 23, 2016
Queen's Plate champion Lexie Lou's racing future to be decided shortly
Lexie Lou won’t run again this year and the 2014 Canadian horse of the year’s racing career could be over. Trainer Mark Casse, who earned his first career Plate win with Lexie Lou in ̵...
Sep 23, 2016
911 transcript: Club gunman said US must stop Syria strikes
ORLANDO, Fla. - The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history told a police negotiator during a standoff at a Florida nightclub that the United States needed to stop its airstrike...
Sep 23, 2016
162 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt
ROSETTA, Egypt - The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while atte...
Sep 23, 2016
Hearing date to be set next month in Supreme Court appointments case
HALIFAX - A court date has been set in the legal battle between Atlantic trial lawyers and Ottawa to ensure the East Coast keeps its traditional seat on the Supreme Court of Canada Wagners Law Firm sa...
Sep 23, 2016

More Liberals repay expense claims, following lead of PM's aides
OTTAWA - Chiefs of staff for two Liberal cabinet ministers are paying back almost $55,000 of the generous expenses they claimed for relocating to Ottawa, following the lead of Prime Minister Justin Tr...
Sep 23, 2016
Chinese premier calls for new golden decade of trade between Canada and China
MONTREAL - Calling for a “new golden decade” in China-Canada relations, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday he wants to return to the days when his country had better relations with Can...
Sep 23, 2016

Colombia rebels unanimously approve peace accord with govt
YARI PLAINS, Colombia - Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged their unanimous support on Friday to a peace agreement reached last month with the government. The announcement ca...
Sep 23, 2016
Canada captain Crosby among six forwards getting their own postage stamps
TORONTO - Six of Canada’s greatest hockey forwards, including current Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby, are being immortalized on their own postage stamps. Canada Post unveiled the fourth issue...
Sep 23, 2016
Military police, prosecutors call for more rights for victims of crime
OTTAWA - Those responsible for charging and prosecuting military sex offenders and other criminals in uniform are urging what some consider to be long overdue improvements to the rights of victims in ...
Sep 23, 2016