Category Archives: Canadian Press
Does Canada have a new power soccer couple in Alphonso Davies and Jordyn Huitema?
Teenage stars Alphonso Davies and Jordyn Huitema have already made their soccer mark for Canada. Now it seems they are making news off the pitch. Social media postings by the 18-year-old Davies and 17...
Nov 23, 2018
Three more cases of E. coli confirmed, none found in tested Canadian lettuce
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested more than 2,000 samples of fresh lettuce and packaged salads but it hasn’t found produce containing the bacteria in its search for the sou...
Nov 23, 2018
Jury dismissals in Atlantic Canada raise wider issues about vetting:experts
HALIFAX - Jury dismissals in two high-profile Atlantic Canada court cases this week raise issues around jury vetting in the digital age, according to some legal experts. A judge declared a mistrial Tu...
Nov 23, 2018
Environment ministers agree to cut garbage produced by half by 2040
OTTAWA - Canada’s environment ministers want to cut in half the amount of garbage this country produces, in a little over two decades. By 2030, they want to reduce the total amount of waste Cana...
Nov 23, 2018
Sens owner Melnyk sues partner in stalled development deal that includes arena
OTTAWA - Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is suing his business partner for $700 million in a development deal that was meant to bring a new NHL arena to Ottawa’s downtown. Capital Sports Management...
Nov 23, 2018
Singh to run in Burnaby South byelection, despite friendlier Brampton opening
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he still intends to run in a federal byelection in British Columbia, even though a friendlier riding in his hometown of Brampton, Ont. has suddenly opened up. Si...
Nov 23, 2018
CFL taking part in 'Call It Out' campaign to end violence against women
EDMONTON - The Canadian Football League is joining a new campaign aimed at ending violence against women. The “Call It Out” campaign urges people to be more than a bystander when they see ...
Nov 23, 2018
Impeach the president? House Democrats saying not so fast
WASHINGTON - Whatever happened to trying to impeach President Donald Trump? As House Democrats begin laying out the vision for their new majority, that item is noticeably missing from the to-do list a...
Nov 23, 2018
Associate of Trump confidant says he's mulling a plea deal
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A conservative writer and associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone said he is in plea talks with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. Jerome Corsi told The Associated Pre...
Nov 23, 2018
Lawyer demands legislature bring back B.C. officials, who deny wrongdoing
VICTORIA - A lawyer representing the two suspended top officials at the British Columbia legislature is demanding they be reinstated as soon as possible while an RCMP investigation continues. The lett...
Nov 23, 2018