Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canadian soccer captain Christine Sinclair continues to lead fight against MS
TORONTO - Christine Sinclair continues to have an impact on and off the soccer field. Canada’s all-time leading scorer, with 173 international goals, and A&W Canada hope to surpass $2 millio...
Aug 15, 2018

Quebec Liberals dump longtime backbencher Francois Ouimet ahead of election
QUEBEC - An outgoing Liberal member of the Quebec legislature accused Premier Philippe Couillard on Wednesday of not keeping his word as he was unceremoniously dumped by the party ahead of the upcomin...
Aug 15, 2018

Debate over Wood Buffalo UNESCO site politicized: scientists
Two prominent water scientists say a debate over Canada’s largest national park has become politicized and industrial development is being blamed for changes it didn’t cause. Brent Wolfe o...
Aug 15, 2018
B.C.-wide state of emergency declared as province battles nearly 600 wildfires
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s public safety minister says he hopes the province’s wildfire situation is not the new normal but the issue of climate change and its impact on forests must be...
Aug 15, 2018
Ontario government freezes broader public sector executive pay
TORONTO - Ontario has frozen the salaries of executives across the public sector as it reviews how raises are granted to top earners at agencies that include school boards, universities and hospitals....
Aug 15, 2018
Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Guatemalan family reunited
HOUSTON - The attorney taking on President Donald Trump over his alleged affair with an adult film actress says he’s successfully reunited a 9-year-old boy with his mother in Guatemala. Michael ...
Aug 15, 2018

Ottawa will look at police chiefs' call for pill press controls: minister
HALIFAX - A call by police chiefs for Ottawa to closely vet people who import pill presses that may be used to encapsulate opioids will be carefully considered by federal officials, the minister of or...
Aug 15, 2018
Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump
WASHINGTON - For years, Omarosa Manigault Newman stood at Donald Trump’s side, making her deeply unpopular with African-Americans who see her as a sellout for aligning herself with a president w...
Aug 15, 2018

Aerosmith to launch residency in Las Vegas next year
NEW YORK - Aerosmith is the latest act to head to Las Vegas to launch a residency. The rock band announced Wednesday that “Aerosmith: Deuces are Wild” would kick off April 6, 2019, at the ...
Aug 15, 2018
Top NCAA basketball teams have fond memories of trips to Canada
The Duke Blue Devils aren’t the first prominent NCAA basketball team to come play in Canada. A rule allowing NCAA teams to make one out-of-country trip every four years, which comes along with 1...
Aug 15, 2018