Category Archives: Canadian Press
Eric Lamaze, Fine Lady on solid footing ahead of world equestrian games
CALGARY - Fine Lady is in fine form, so much so that Eric Lamaze wishes the world equestrian games were sooner rather than later. The “fantastic little mare” and Lamaze, who combined for a...
Jul 06, 2018
Provincial police find seven missing people in northern Quebec
MONTREAL - Seven people who went missing while on a fishing expedition in a remote region of Quebec have been found safe, provincial police said Friday. They were located in a chalet where they had ta...
Jul 06, 2018
Canadian Milos Raonic's Wimbledon match suspended because of darkness
LONDON - Milos Raonic will have to wait another day to finish his third-round match at Wimbledon. The Canadian split the first two sets with Austrian qualifier Dennis Novak and was up 6-5 in the third...
Jul 06, 2018
Parti Quebecois upset that Quebecers allowed car vanity plates in English
MONTREAL - Vanity car licence plates will be legal in Quebec within weeks but the Parti Quebecois says drivers should be banned from inscribing statements or slogans on them in any language other than...
Jul 06, 2018

Canadian troops arrive amid heightened tensions, raised hopes over Mali election
OTTAWA - The arrival of Canadian troops in Mali has coincided with raised hopes and heightened tensions over what is expected to be a decisive moment in the West African country’s recent history...
Jul 06, 2018
Judge weighs in on struggle surrounding Marvel's Stan Lee
LOS ANGELES - A judge has found that an attorney who had obtained an elder-abuse restraining order on behalf of Stan Lee does not in fact represent him, in a rare public airing of the private power st...
Jul 06, 2018

U.S. fisherman says Canadians not alone in being stopped by border patrol agents
An American fishermen plying disputed lobster grounds off the East Coast says he too has been stopped and questioned by U.S. Border patrol agents, much like his Canadian counterparts who complained th...
Jul 06, 2018

Bombardier and Canadian canola stand to benefit from Chinese tariffs on U.S.
MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. stands to gain from Chinese retaliatory duties against U.S. small aircraft, but the outlook is mixed for Canada’s agricultural sector. A 25 per cent tariff on aircraft...
Jul 06, 2018
Canada has new Paralympic middle-distance running star in Nate Riech
OTTAWA - Nate Riech’s brain scan looks like the surface of the moon. There’s a dark crater where the cells that control the right side of his body once were. It’s exactly the size of...
Jul 06, 2018

Judicial council offers up courses for judges on handling sex assault cases
OTTAWA - The Canadian Judicial Council has launched a new website showcasing the training courses it is offering to federally appointed judges - including seminars to help judges handle sexual assault...
Jul 06, 2018