Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cannes: 'Ida' director plunges deeper into Polish history
CANNES, France - While the rest of the world, and the Academy Awards, were celebrating Pawel Pawlikowski’s film “Ida” as one of the best films of 2013, the quiet, black-and-white fil...
May 13, 2018
Ontario Liberals, NDP say it's too early to talk about forming a coalition
TORONTO - At campaign events on Sunday, both Ontario’s Liberal premier and the leader of the New Democratic Party refused to commit to the possibility of joining forces to form a coalition gover...
May 13, 2018
Questions about G7's future force Canada's sherpa to face '6 plus 1' scenario
OTTAWA - Less than a month before Donald Trump sets foot on Canadian soil for the G7, Justin Trudeau’s chief summit organizer is being forced to defend the viability of the G7 itself. Trump̵...
May 13, 2018
Feds stepping up inspections of foreign worker job sites following audit
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government, chastised last year in an auditor’s report that found a lack of oversight of Canada’s controversial temporary foreign workers program, is stepping ...
May 13, 2018
NBC speeding up trend of revived comedy series
NEW YORK - NBC is turbo-charging the trend of reviving cancelled comedies with its pickup of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” The network quickly swooped in after Fox dumped it last week, adding it t...
May 13, 2018
Communication, simplicity shapes wiser version of Jets head coach Paul Maurice
WINNIPEG - Paul Maurice experienced a hockey epiphany five years ago in the hallway of a Kontinental Hockey League arena. Then the head coach of Metallurg - located in Magnitogorsk, a city in Russia&#...
May 13, 2018
Pompeo: NKorea needs US security assurances for nuke pact
WASHINGTON - The United States is offering assurances to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as it seeks to put in motion the potential for a sweeping nuclear deal ahead of President Donald Trump’s ...
May 13, 2018
Trudeau calls Quebec byelection days after visit, $60M funding pledge in riding
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a byelection for the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, only days after pledging $60 million in federal funding for an aluminum-smelting project in...
May 13, 2018
Ten ridings to watch as Ontario heads for its spring election
Ontario has 124 provincial ridings as it goes into a spring election. Here are 10 to watch: DON VALLEY WEST Her Liberals are lagging in the polls, but can Premier Kathleen Wynne secure a victory in he...
May 13, 2018
NewsAlert: French judicial official says friend of dead Paris knife attacker has been detained for questioning in Strasbourg
PARIS - French judicial official says friend of dead Paris knife attacker has been detained for questioning in Strasbourg. More coming. The Associated Press
May 13, 2018