Category Archives: Canadian Press

California lawmakers ask DMV officials about long lines
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hours-long wait times at California Department of Motor Vehicles offices in recent months have been unacceptable, the agency’s leader told lawmakers at a Tuesday hearing in ...
Aug 07, 2018

Bank Of Montreal replaces plaques commemorating killing of Iroquois chief
MONTREAL - After years of criticism from the Indigenous community, BMO has removed two stone plaques from the facade of a building in Montreal’s tourist sector that commemorated the killing of a...
Aug 07, 2018

Saudi Arabian crude oil imports to Canada easy to replace, says energy economist
CALGARY - Canada can easily replace the oil it imports from Saudi Arabia should relations with the Middle Eastern kingdom deteriorate to the point that trade in crude is halted, says an energy economi...
Aug 07, 2018

Nova Scotia breaking federal rules on cannabis marketing, critic says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s cannabis retailer is being accused of violating federal regulations by “glamourizing and normalizing” marijuana, but the Crown corporation says it is simply e...
Aug 07, 2018
Health-care workers ask Ford's government to stop repeal of sex-ed curriculum
TORONTO - Hundreds of doctors, nurses and social workers are asking the Ontario government to reconsider its plan to repeal and replace a modernized sex-ed curriculum, arguing the decision would put s...
Aug 07, 2018
Boys, 9 and 11, killed when tractor pulling trailer rolls on Alberta road
TABER, Alta. - Two children from a Hutterite colony have died after they were riding on a flatbed trailer being pulled by a tractor that rolled in southern Alberta. RCMP say the crash happened Sunday ...
Aug 07, 2018

Ellie Goulding announces engagement to Caspar Jopling
LONDON - Singer Ellie Goulding and art dealer Caspar Jopling have announced their engagement. A notice in Tuesday’s Times of London newspaper announces the engagement of “Caspar, son of Th...
Aug 07, 2018

Lost Canadian Championships haunt Whitecaps as they prepare for Toronto
VANCOUVER - It’s a part of their history the Vancouver Whitecaps would rather never happened. The last time the Whitecaps and Toronto FC met in the final for the Canadian Championship was 2016. ...
Aug 07, 2018

Philippe Couillard mulls early election start, extending length of campaign: report
QUEBEC - Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard may decide to trigger Quebec’s general election campaign several days earlier than expected, according to Radio-Canada. The CBC’s French-language...
Aug 07, 2018

Bethel-Thompson, Green and Jorden named CFL top performers for Week 8
Toronto quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and receiver SJ Green and Calgary receiver Kamar Jorden are the CFL’s top performers for Week 8. Bethel-Thompson impressed in his first career CFL star...
Aug 07, 2018