Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada to send hundreds of observers to Ukraine presidential election
OTTAWA - Canada is planning to send hundreds of election observers to Ukraine to prevent Russian meddling in its March 2019 presidential elections, The Canadian Press has learned. Government officials...
Dec 06, 2018
Brad Jacobs sits atop standings at Canada Cup with 4-0 record
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Defending men’s champion Reid Carruthers of Winnipeg has yet to earn his first win through six draws at the Canada Cup. Carruthers was toppled by Kevin Koe 4-2 in Thursday’...
Dec 06, 2018
Naturopath convicted of manslaughter in death of patient to be heard by high court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will hear the appeal of a Montreal naturopath convicted of manslaughter in the death of an elderly patient. Mitra Javanmardi was facing a pos...
Dec 06, 2018
Feds reject push to amend Criminal Code to outlaw forced sterilization
OTTAWA - The Liberal government does not plan to change the Criminal Code to explicitly outlaw coerced sterilization - rejecting a resolution passed by First Nations chiefs on Thursday. Heather Bear, ...
Dec 06, 2018
Woman arrested in Vancouver helped turn Huawei into household name in China
VANCOUVER - The tech executive whose arrest in Vancouver has sparked outrage from China is the well-educated daughter of a wealthy former military man who founded what eventually became one of the wor...
Dec 06, 2018
Edmonton, Red Deer to host 2021 world junior hockey championship
Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will host the 2021 world junior hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Thursday. It will mark the tournament’s return to Alberta for the first time since Calg...
Dec 06, 2018
Pelosi pledges to press Lighthizer for better enforcement on new NAFTA
WASHINGTON - The presumptive leader of the new Democrat majority on Capitol Hill says she is pressing the U.S. trade representative for better labour and environmental enforcement provisions in the ne...
Dec 06, 2018
Reba McEntire, Oak Ridge Boys sing at Bush's Texas funeral
HOUSTON - Reba McEntire has sung “The Lord’s Prayer” at the Houston funeral service of former President George H.W. Bush. The Grammy winner on Thursday followed the Oak Ridge Boys, w...
Dec 06, 2018
Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders retain services of five Canadians
CALGARY - The Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders have re-signed five of their Canadians. Punter Rob Maver, kicker Rene Paredes, long-snapper Pierre-Luc Caron and fullbacks Ante Milanovic-Litre and C...
Dec 06, 2018
Statcan chief: Agency can't back down from push for new data sources
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada won’t back down from a push to find new sources of data to fuel the nation’s thirst for information, but will only move as quickly as Canadians are comfortable, ...
Dec 06, 2018