Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ferrari gifts Hamilton another win after Bahrain GP blunder
SAKHIR, Bahrain - Lewis Hamilton’s surprise win for Mercedes at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday was the latest present from rival Ferrari, served on a silver plate and wrapped with a red ribbon...
Mar 31, 2019
Labour minister says it was 'unethical' for Wilson-Raybould to record call
OTTAWA - The Liberals escalated their criticism Sunday of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s decision to secretly record a phone call with the country’s top bureaucrat, with a prominent cabinet minist...
Mar 31, 2019
Anger after Sunwing diversion in New Orleans leads to lengthy delays
TORONTO - A replacement aircraft for a grounded Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737 Max was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans on the weekend, sparking anger among passengers who complained th...
Mar 31, 2019
Vancouver's Bibiano Fernandes reclaims One Championship MMA bantamweight title
TOKYO - Brazilian-Canadian Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes reclaimed his One Championship MMA bantamweight crown from Kevin (The Silencer) Belingon on Sunday when the Filipino title-holder was disqualif...
Mar 31, 2019
Dieppe veteran who was Canadian Army's longest-serving officer dies at 101
MONTREAL - Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart, a decorated Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army’s oldest and longest-serving officer, has died at age 101. The Canadian Armed Forces ann...
Mar 31, 2019
CWHL folding, female hockey players fearful for future of their game
The collapse of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League plunges the future of the female game in Canada into disarray, at least in the short term. But the CWHL declaring it will cease operations May ...
Mar 31, 2019
New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government’s carbon tax begins in provinces that refused to ...
Mar 31, 2019
Bonjour, Alexa! How a virtual assistant learned to speak Canadian French
MONTREAL - Last September, Hans Laroche embarked on an unusual teaching assignment. He and a few thousand fellow Quebecers were enlisted to help Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa learn the finer ...
Mar 31, 2019
Fireworks, barking: Nunavut celebrates 20th birthday with optimism, reservations
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Fireworks exploded over Frobisher Bay while sled dogs chained to the sea ice howled and barked in the new capital of Iqaluit the night Nunavut was born. The territory marks its 20th...
Mar 31, 2019
Canada's chief justice urges 'major reforms' to judge oversight
TORONTO - The body that handles complaints about the behaviour of federally appointed judges is in need of both internal and legislative reform to streamline what is now a cumbersome disciplinary proc...
Mar 31, 2019