Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rome's city council votes down 2024 Olympic bid
ROME - As far as city leaders are concerned, Rome’s bid for the 2024 Olympics is finished. The city council voted in favour of scrapping the bid on Thursday, a week after Mayor Virginia Raggi re...
Sep 29, 2016
Toronto lawyer accused of sexually assaulting three teenage girls
TORONTO - A 32-year-old Toronto lawyer has been charged in connection with four alleged sexual assaults against teenage girls. Toronto police allege that three girls - aged 14, 15 and 16 - were target...
Sep 29, 2016
Canine rescue groups bringing banned pitbulls from Montreal to East Coast
HALIFAX - Animal rescue groups in Atlantic Canada are rallying to find new homes on the East Coast for pitbull-type dogs they say may now face euthanasia in Montreal. The transport of the canines alon...
Sep 29, 2016
Liberals plan Arctic co-operation with Russia, but more northern work needed
OTTAWA - A conference on Arctic co-operation with Russia is one of the first moves the Liberals have made in a region the prime minister loves to visit but has said little about. “The government...
Sep 29, 2016
Nothing to see here, says Philpott, but Quebec lands blows over health costs
OTTAWA - Anyone who showed up to watch a federal cabinet minister battle it out with her Quebec counterpart over health care funding negotiations would leave disappointed, warned Health Minister Jane ...
Sep 29, 2016
The Latest: Engineer in train crash released from hospital
HOBOKEN, N.J. - The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer in the fatal New Jers...
Sep 29, 2016
US pending home sales slump in August
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, as a shortage of properties for sale is weighing on the market. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday its seasonally ...
Sep 29, 2016
Wild rally propels Canada to another World Cup crown; Crosby named MVP
TORONTO - For more than 57 minutes on Thursday evening, Team Canada’s recent run of perfection was threatened for the first time. “Just crazy the way everything worked out,” Sidney C...
Sep 29, 2016
Canada-Russia Arctic conference set despite Syria, Ukraine differences
OTTAWA - Canada and Russia will hold a joint conference on Arctic co-operation next month in Ottawa, despite differences over Syria and Ukraine. Pam Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary secretary to Foreign...
Sep 29, 2016
CNN says Lewandowski no longer being paid by Trump campaign
NEW YORK - CNN said Thursday that its analyst Corey Lewandowski, the former Donald Trump campaign manager, has cut all financial ties to the campaign and is no longer receiving monthly severance payme...
Sep 29, 2016