Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ehrhardt hopes to become first Canadian woman to do triple jump at Olympics
TORONTO - The black rubber floor in Caroline Ehrhardt’s home gym is lovingly worn. Every scuff in her “Shred Shed” is a memory. When Ehrhardt and her fiance Taylor Stewart bought the...
Aug 07, 2018

Saudi Arabia's diplomatic dispute with Canada: An explainer
The diplomatic spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia that erupted over the weekend has left many wondering what exactly is going on. Here are answers to a few basic questions on the emerging conflict: ...
Aug 07, 2018

Canada must lead with values, Morneau says as tensions persist with Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau doubled down Tuesday on Ottawa’s message that the federal government will continue to stand up for Canadian values even as it finds itself at the centre of...
Aug 07, 2018
LeBron's Ohio school would welcome visit from first lady
AKRON, Ohio - An Ohio public school that LeBron James helped create says it would welcome a visit from first lady Melania Trump, who broached the idea after her husband insulted the NBA star on Twitte...
Aug 07, 2018
Wildfires ravage 27 structures in Telegraph Creek in northwest B.C.: officials
VANCOUVER - Wildfires have ravaged 27 structures in Telegraph Creek, representing 30 to 45 per cent of buildings in the small northwestern British Columbia community, officials say. Tahltan Band Chief...
Aug 07, 2018
Quebec City man electrocuted, possibly while shaving; cops, coroner probe death
QUEBEC - Police say a Quebec City man who died overnight may have been electrocuted by his own razor. Local police received a call just after midnight Tuesday about an unconscious man in an apartment ...
Aug 07, 2018
Open jobs outnumber US unemployed for 3rd straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers posted slightly more openings in June than the previous month, resulting in more available jobs than unemployed workers for the third straight month. The Labor Department s...
Aug 07, 2018
Jim Carrey: My Trump cartoons are response to 'nightmare'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Jim Carrey says his cartoons pillorying the Trump administration are a civilized response to what he called an unfolding “nightmare.” Carrey told a TV critics’...
Aug 07, 2018

High-profile cop to run for Coalition Avenir Quebec: party source
MONTREAL - The surging Coalition Avenir Quebec has nabbed a highly visible member of the Montreal police force to run for the party in the upcoming provincial election campaign. Ian Lafreniere, who ha...
Aug 07, 2018
Transgender Hollywood seeks recognition, and not just roles
NEW YORK - When actress Scarlett Johansson reversed course recently and cancelled plans to play a transgender man in the film “Rub & Tug,” transgender actors like Scott Turner Schofiel...
Aug 07, 2018