Category Archives: Canadian Press
Chretien, Romanow, McMurtry condemn Ford's use of notwithstanding clause
TORONTO - Three prominent former politicians who negotiated the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are condemning the Ontario government’s use of the r...
Sep 14, 2018

Coalition's Francois Legault on hot seat over proposed French, values tests for newcomers
MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault says it would take quite a bit of “bad faith” on the part of newcomers to fail the controversial proposed French and values tests...
Sep 14, 2018

Postal workers table counter demands as strike looms at Canada Post
OTTAWA - Canada Post and the union representing Canadian mail carriers remain miles apart in contract talks as a strike deadline looms less than two weeks away. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers po...
Sep 14, 2018

Oilers GM says Plan B in place if team can't strike deal with Nurse
Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli says he has a Plan B if contract talks remain at a stalemate with defenceman Darnell Nurse. Chiarelli addressed that and other issues - ranging from Con...
Sep 14, 2018

Roughriders linebacker Derrick Moncrief has two reasons to smile
REGINA - When Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Derrick Moncrief tried to spin out of a tackle and slammed to the ground, he says it felt like he “broke every bone in his shoulder.” Six ...
Sep 14, 2018

Ariana Grande laments late ex Mac Miller as 'sweetest soul'
LOS ANGELES - Ariana Grande posted a tribute Friday to her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller a week after the hip-hop star’s death, saying she’s sorry she couldn’t save the “sweetest sou...
Sep 14, 2018
Mike Hoffman's fiancee not planning to sue Erik Karlsson's wife: Lawyer
TORONTO - The lawyer for the fiance of former Ottawa Senators winger Mike Hoffman says she doesn’t intend on suing the wife of the team’s former captain Erik Karlsson over allegations of c...
Sep 14, 2018
Canada's Christine Sinclair just two wins away from another NWSL title
Canadian Christine Sinclair is two wins away from hoisting the NWSL championship trophy for a second straight year. And the 35-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., won’t have to leave her adopted home o...
Sep 14, 2018

Canadian military drawing up plans for extending Iraq military mission
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is drawing up options to extend its mission in Iraq even as growing political instability and competing foreign interests threaten to plunge the country into yet another...
Sep 14, 2018

Ottawa Senators believe they can move forward without Karlsson
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are determined to prove they can survive and thrive without Erik Karlsson. Looking to move into a rebuilding phase, ownership and management made the decision to trade the...
Sep 14, 2018