Category Archives: Canadian Press

Olympic medallist Penny Oleksiak returns to normal life at Toronto high school
TORONTO - Penny Oleksiak is kind of a big deal at her high school. The star swimmer, who won four medals at the Rio Olympics, returned to class on Tuesday as she enters grade 11, but her recently foun...
Sep 06, 2016

Wanted: Tour guides, security for Prince's Paisley Park
CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Paisley Park needs employees to handle the hordes of fans expected to visit Prince’s private estate and studio complex in suburban Minneapolis when it opens for public tours ...
Sep 06, 2016

Nicaragua grants El Salvador ex-President Funes asylum
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaragua said Tuesday it has given political asylum to former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who has come under scrutiny back home for a truce with gangs during his admini...
Sep 06, 2016
Merger facts: a look at Enbridge and Spectra Energy as they merge
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. said Monday it will buy Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. in a $37-billion cross-border deal that will create the largest energy pipeline and storage company in North Amer...
Sep 06, 2016
Another free pass for Djokovic at US Open when Tsonga stops
NEW YORK - Normally, it takes wins in five full matches to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. Novak Djokovic has made it that far at the U.S. Open by playing only two, because three opponents pulled out of...
Sep 06, 2016
Bombardier cuts deliveries of CSeries plane by more than half in latest setback
MONTREAL - Bombardier is slashing deliveries of its new CSeries plane by more than half this year because of delayed engine deliveries from Pratt & Whitney, marking another setback for the jet. Th...
Sep 06, 2016
Second suspect arrested in Montreal bank robbery facing 15 charges
MONTREAL - The 45-year-old man arrested for allegedly robbing a bank in Montreal last week was arraigned on 15 counts Tuesday. The charges against Alain Sainte-Marie include conspiracy, robbery and us...
Sep 06, 2016

Turkey says 3 of its soldiers killed in IS attack
ISTANBUL - Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four were wounded in a missile attack Tuesday by the Islamic State group in northern Syria- the first Turkish casualties caused by the militants in Tu...
Sep 06, 2016
Survivors of Ontario's 'training schools' say their suffering is being ignored
CLARINGTON, Ont. - Survivors of a shadowy chapter in the history of Canada’s prison system say the legacy of the alleged abuse they endured as children is being ignored, if not erased. They poin...
Sep 06, 2016
B.C.'s health-care shortcomings violate patients' constitutional rights: lawyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia shouldn’t be allowed to bar patients from taking action privately to meet their own medical needs if the government is failing them in the public health-care system,...
Sep 06, 2016