Category Archives: Canadian Press
Whitecaps sign Canadian defender/midfielder Levis to multi-year contract
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Canadian defender/midfielder Brett Levis to a multi-year first-team contract. The contract is through 2017 with options for 2018 and 2019. Levis, who wa...
Aug 23, 2016
Quebec Libs choose young businesswoman for byelection in Peladeau's old riding
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The Quebec Liberals have chosen a 29-year-old businesswoman to run in a provincial byelection in ex-Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau’s old riding. Naomie Goyette ...
Aug 23, 2016
The Conservative leadership race: who is in, out and still undecided
OTTAWA - The list of those interested in running for leadership of the Conservative Party continues to grow as party members emerge from summer holiday and begin campaigning in earnest. Here’s a...
Aug 23, 2016
Ottawa's economic advisers to meet Morneau to discuss Canada's weak growth
OTTAWA - A team of federal advisers recruited to help resurrect Canada’s sagging economic growth has been exploring opportunities around trade, infrastructure, innovation and labour markets, say...
Aug 23, 2016
Fire adds to deficit: Key numbers in Alberta's first-quarter fiscal update
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci released revised budget estimates Tuesday in his 2016-17 first-quarter fiscal update. Here are some key numbers: $10.9 billion - Alberta’s estimated ...
Aug 23, 2016
Fort McMurray wildfire adds $500M to Alberta's projected deficit
EDMONTON - The devastating Fort McMurray wildfire is expected to torch Alberta’s bottom line by about $500 million this year. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says he has had to revise the projected de...
Aug 23, 2016
CBC's Olympic television coverage averages 1.271 million viewers
TORONTO - CBC’s English-language coverage of the Rio Olympics averaged 1.271 million viewers, an 11 per cent increase over the 2012 London Games. The primetime average was 2.315 million, 23 per ...
Aug 23, 2016
Blue Jays activate outfielder Pillar from 15-day DL, Bautista returning Thursday
TORONTO - Despite suffering a hand injury that placed him on the disabled list, don’t expect Kevin Pillar’s game to change any time soon. The Toronto Blue Jays activated the rugged centre-...
Aug 23, 2016
Murder charge for Tulsa man in slaying of Lebanese neighbour
TULSA, Okla. - Prosecutors charged a Tulsa man on Tuesday with first-degree murder and committing a hate crime in the killing of his Lebanese neighbour - a culmination of what authorities said was the...
Aug 23, 2016
Struggling Impact hope to get game back on track as D.C. visits Saputo Stadium
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact seek to rebound from their worst defeat of the season when they face D.C. United on Wednesday night at Saputo Stadium. Coach Mauro Biello apologized to the fans after Mo...
Aug 23, 2016