Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec to permit personalized licence plates by the end of the month
MONTREAL - After years of waiting, Quebecers will finally be able to advertise their name, passions or interests for all to see on the licence plate of their vehicles. The Quebec government announced ...
Jul 03, 2018
American musician pulls out of Montreal jazz fest because of controversial show
MONTREAL - American musician Moses Sumney has pulled out of the Montreal International Jazz Festival because of a controversial show that is directed by a white man and features a white woman singing ...
Jul 03, 2018
Parental action, water safety classes key at preventing drownings: expert
A recent spate of drowning incidents in Ontario and Quebec has led to renewed calls for more vigilance around water and making swimming lessons part of the school curriculum. The issue was top of mind...
Jul 03, 2018
Canadian divers hold out hope as Thai soccer team awaits rescue from cave
An Alberta-based explorer who was trapped in a partly flooded cave for days says her heart goes out to the members of a boys’ soccer team as they await rescue from an underground cavern in Thail...
Jul 03, 2018
B.C. taps researchers to explore how basic income could work in the province
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has asked a team of experts to explore how providing people with a basic income could work in the province. Prof. David Green, an economist at the University of British Co...
Jul 03, 2018
Climate change not one heat wave, but a pattern of extremes: scientist
OTTAWA - The scorching heat wave that set records in Ontario and Quebec over the Canada Day long weekend can’t be directly attributed to climate change - but neither can the likelihood of a conn...
Jul 03, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs trade veteran forward Matt Martin to New York Islanders
TORONTO - Matt Martin is going back to the New York Islanders. The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt the feisty forward to the Islanders, who drafted the Windsor, Ont., native in 2008. The Leafs get mino...
Jul 03, 2018
It takes chutzpah: Yiddish version of 'Fiddler on the Roof'
NEW YORK - It might seem meshuga - crazy - to stage a beloved musical in a language that most of the audience won’t understand. But Tevye the dairyman and his family will speak Yiddish in an off...
Jul 03, 2018
Hundreds of New Brunswick flood victims still out of homes months after deluge
FREDERICTON - Hundreds of people remain out of their homes in New Brunswick months after historic floodwaters swept through the province, destroying buildings and inundating highways. Bill Lawlor, dir...
Jul 03, 2018
Tim Hunter returns to Vancouver as coach of Canadian junior hockey team
CALGARY - Tim Hunter gets to coach the Canadian junior men’s hockey team in a city where he was an NHL player for several seasons. Hunter will be behind Canada’s bench at the 2019 world ju...
Jul 03, 2018