Category Archives: Canadian Press

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 26 ____ CANADIAN-IRANIAN PROFESSOR FREED FROM PRISON IN IRAN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a retired Canadian-Iranian professor has been released ...
Sep 26, 2016
A look at some Iranian-Canadians who have been detained in Iran
MONTREAL - Homa Hoodfar, a Montreal-based retired university professor, has been released from a prison in Tehran after being imprisoned in the country since June. Her family and friends confirmed Mon...
Sep 26, 2016
Brad Trost urges former Harper aide Guy Giorno to repay moving expenses
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost wants a key aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper to repay some of the moving expenses he was reimbursed for eight years ago. “...
Sep 26, 2016
Marchand adds new contract to big World Cup showing at Crosby's side
TORONTO - Brad Marchand wasn’t among the first 16 players named to Canada’s World Cup of Hockey roster because the team’s brass wanted to avoid a controversy. Even though everyone in...
Sep 26, 2016

Video streaming service Shomi says it will shut down as of Nov. 30
TORONTO - Shomi announced Monday it was shutting down at the end of November, two years after the video-on-demand service launched amid hopes of thriving in a hyper-competitive market. “The busi...
Sep 26, 2016
Feds monitoring weak economy, could take action as early as fall: Morneau
OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister is hinting the federal government could take steps as early as this autumn’s economic update to help the economy at a time of slower-than-expected growth...
Sep 26, 2016
Newfoundland radio host leaves station after 'disrespect' of woman on Twitter
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland radio station says it has parted ways with an announcer who told a young woman on Twitter that she should strip. The woman had invited her followers to watch a ...
Sep 26, 2016
New Democrat MP Randall Garrison introduces bill to repeal anti-terror C-51
OTTAWA - A New Democrat MP has followed through on a promise to table a private member’s bill to repeal controversial anti-terrorism measures. NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison says the ...
Sep 26, 2016

Raptors all for using high-profile platform to raise inequality awareness
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors plan to join the growing chorus of pro athletes speaking out against police brutality, a topic that has hit close to home for DeMar DeRozan. “I had a close friend o...
Sep 26, 2016
Two dead, pilot seriously injured in northern Quebec plane crash
QUEBEC - Investigators gathered evidence Monday at the site of a weekend plane crash along the Mouchalagane River in northern Quebec. The crash occurred on Sunday afternoon between Fermont and the Man...
Sep 26, 2016