Category Archives: Canadian Press
A by-the-numbers look at the federal government's new social finance fund
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is promising almost $800 million for an experimental way to pay for charitable work, charging into the world of “social financing” to help charities and no...
Nov 23, 2018
Alberta premier disappointed with Ottawa's response to oil bottleneck
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she’s disappointed with Ottawa’s lukewarm response to the province’s plan to ease oil bottlenecks by buying more rail cars. She says it&...
Nov 23, 2018
Athletics Canada to pursue eliminating term 'midget' as age category descriptor
TORONTO - Athletics Canada became the latest domestic sport organization to take steps to drop the use of the term ‘midget’ as an age category classification, a move that came days after t...
Nov 23, 2018
'A really good feeling:' Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos players back on the ice
DENVER - Former teammates Ryan Straschnitzki and Jacob Wassermann were wearing Humboldt Broncos jerseys Friday night as they took part in an exhibition sledge hockey game at the University of Denver. ...
Nov 23, 2018
Professor of cannabis science is launched at the University of B.C.
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is creating a new professorship to study the potential role of marijuana to treat opioid addiction, a move that faculty members say will begin to fill a ...
Nov 23, 2018
5-Star leader Di Maio cancels campaign stop in Corleone
MILAN - The leader of the 5-Star Movement has cancelled a visit to the long-time Mafia stronghold of Corleone after his party’s mayoral candidate said he wanted to open a dialogue with the famil...
Nov 23, 2018
Younger, smaller Canadian men's ski team prepares for Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A suddenly contracted Canadian men’s ski team was adjusting to its new reality ahead of the season-opening World Cup downhill. The retirement of Erik Guay and Manuel Osborne...
Nov 23, 2018
GM Marcel Desjardins pressing a lot of the right buttons with Redblacks
EDMONTON - It’s been a meteoric rise for general manager Marcel Desjardins and the Ottawa Redblacks. In their fifth year of operation, the Redblacks will face the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday in...
Nov 23, 2018
Time for France to give back looted African art, experts say
PARIS - African artworks held in French museums - richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning - may be heading back home to Africa at last. French Pre...
Nov 23, 2018
Miami stadium could rise from ruins under restoration plan
Miami Marine Stadium is a shell of its former self. What was once home to world-class speedboat races, sold-out rock concerts and boxing matches now sits abandoned behind a fenced-off section of Virgi...
Nov 23, 2018