Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canada's Whalley Allstars ready to make noise at Little League World Series
Canada is looking to make history at the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania this week by hoisting the tournament trophy for the first time. And Mike Marino, the head coach of Canada’s re...
Aug 15, 2018

Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee relishing underdog role
MONTREAL - Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee is looking to some sovereigntist heavyweights for inspiration with his party struggling in third place in the polls. Lisee says he is relishing hi...
Aug 15, 2018

Canada violated rights of irregular migrant: UN Human Rights committee
OTTAWA - The federal government is reviewing a decision of the UN Human Rights Committee that concluded Canada violated the rights of an undocumented irregular migrant by denying her essential health ...
Aug 15, 2018

Former US security leaders blast Trump for yanking clearance
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. security officials issued scathing rebukes to President Donald Trump on Thursday, admonishing him for yanking a top former spy chief’s security clearance in what they ca...
Aug 15, 2018
Conflicting court views on legal fees leave '60s Scoop lawyers in limbo
TORONTO - Class-action lawyers who secured a landmark $750-million compensation deal for Indigenous victims of the ’60s Scoop have been left in fee limbo amid conflicting views as to how much th...
Aug 15, 2018

Canada's police chiefs to study "spike" in gun violence over the last year
HALIFAX - Canada’s police chiefs say in light of recent gun-related tragedies in Fredericton and in other cities across the country they are striking a committee to analyze data related to gun v...
Aug 15, 2018

Tatham joins Raptors 905, becomes first Canadian woman on a G League coaching staff
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have named Tamara Tatham as a mentor coach for with Raptors 905, making the two-time Olympian the first Canadian woman to join the staff of a G League team. Tatham, from ...
Aug 15, 2018
Artist behind Macdonald statue says it was never intended as a monument
VANCOUVER - The man who created a controversial statue of John A. Macdonald says he’s pleased it’s sparking a conversation about the country’s horrific treatment of Indigenous People...
Aug 15, 2018
Advocacy group says Toronto overdose deaths highlight need for prevention sites
TORONTO - A string of overdose deaths in a pocket of Canada’s most populous city highlights the urgent need for new overdose prevention sites, an advocacy group said Wednesday, calling on Ontari...
Aug 15, 2018
Republicans blast Pearl Jam poster of burning White House
HELENA, Mont. - Republicans on Wednesday condemned a poster by Pearl Jam that shows the White House in flames and a bald eagle pecking at a skeleton they say is meant to depict President Donald Trump....
Aug 15, 2018