Category Archives: Canadian Press

Nova Scotia launching immigration program aimed at luring daycare workers
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it has arranged to make use of a fast-track federal immigration program to help it recruit qualified childcare workers. Lena Diab, the minister responsible for the province&...
Aug 02, 2018
Impact coach says talks with French striker Briand have 'definitively' ended
MONTREAL - Any hopes of the Montreal Impact landing French striker Jimmy Briand are finished. “The Briand file is closed since (Wednesday) afternoon. Definitively,” coach Remi Garde said T...
Aug 02, 2018

Ontario launching constitutional challenge of federal carbon tax plan
TORONTO - Ontario is launching a legal battle against the federal government over its carbon tax plan, a costly move critics say has little chance of succeeding. Environment Minister Rod Phillips and ...
Aug 02, 2018

NDP's Singh urges feds to immediately allow cities to ban handguns
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the prime minister to immediately give cities the leeway to ban handguns. In a lengthy letter Thursday to Justin Trudeau outlining a long-term appro...
Aug 02, 2018
Winnipeg's Belgian Club takes year off from festival after controversial meeting
WINNIPEG - A cultural club in Winnipeg that hosted a meeting of an organization which touts reducing immigration, deporting asylum seekers and banning burqas has pulled out of the city’s annual ...
Aug 02, 2018

Case of Inuk woman missing six days after release from custody subject of probe
MONTREAL - The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is raising questions about whether authorities followed proper procedur...
Aug 02, 2018
2-year-old fatally mauled by pit bulls inside home
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a 2-year-old boy was killed by pit bulls inside a home in Philadelphia. Police say responding officers could see the child being attacked through the front door and fire...
Aug 02, 2018
Political donor helps fraudsters, bettors and pornographers
NEW YORK - One customer was a debt collector that threatened to jail people if they didn’t pay back loans that they never took out. Another was an offshore gambling operation that hid bets behin...
Aug 02, 2018

Q&A: How Facebook regulates the wild west of political ads
NEW YORK - With less than three months to go before the midterm elections, Facebook is enforcing strict new requirements on digital political ads. Among other things, they force political ad buyers to...
Aug 02, 2018
Pope rules out death penalty in change to church teaching
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decreed that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under all circumstances and the Catholic Church should campaign to abolish it, a change in church teaching ...
Aug 02, 2018