Category Archives: Canadian Press

Provinces push back over prospect of reduced rate of federal health transfers
OTTAWA - Negotiations on a long-term, health funding agreement with the provinces and territories will be at risk if the federal government doesn’t bring more cash to the table, British Columbia...
Sep 27, 2016

Toronto FC's Giovinco improving but still questionable for Orlando game
TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco wasted little time heading upstairs at Toronto FC’s training facility after practice Tuesday, spryly taking steps two at a time. Still the star striker is questionab...
Sep 27, 2016

Wayne Gretzky to be face of NHL's centennial celebrations
TORONTO - Wayne Gretzky already planned to attend this season’s Winter Classic, all-star game and Heritage Classic, so it was a no-brainer for the Great One when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman as...
Sep 27, 2016

Battle for besieged Syrian city of Aleppo intensifies
BEIRUT - With international diplomacy in tatters and the U.S. focused on its election, the Syrian government and its Russian allies are seizing the moment to wage an all-out campaign to recapture Alep...
Sep 27, 2016

Shimon Peres, ex-Israeli president and PM, dies at 93
JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday mourned the death of Shimon Peres, a former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state, as the government began preparations for a ...
Sep 27, 2016

Jury begins deliberations in trial of accused in Vancouver Island mill shootings
NANAIMO, B.C. - A jury must decide whether a man who admitted in court to killing two of his former co-workers at a Vancouver Island mill did so in a planned and deliberate way, or if their deaths wer...
Sep 27, 2016

Saskatchewan MP to file his leadership campaign paperwork Wednesday
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Andrew Scheer is ready to join the race to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper, and is planning a show of force by surrounding himself with caucus colleagues supporti...
Sep 27, 2016

Woman who lost kids, dad to drunk-driving crash marks anniversary of deaths
TORONTO - A year after a horrific drunk-driving crash killed her children and father, a grieving Toronto-area mother says she hopes the tragedy that decimated her family will make people think twice b...
Sep 27, 2016

Class action lawsuit proposed on Air Canada and WestJet baggage fees
CALGARY - Air Canada and WestJet are facing a potential class action lawsuit after imposing checked baggage fees only days apart. The proposed class action alleges that the two airlines colluded to im...
Sep 27, 2016
Another prep school finds sex abuse in its past
The Pomfret School in Connecticut has revealed that several of its teachers engaged in improper conduct with students between the 1970s and 2000s, adding its name to a list of elite boarding schools n...
Sep 27, 2016