Category Archives: Canadian Press

Lawyer for Canadian detained in Sudan balks at proposed delay in court action
OTTAWA - Advocates for a Montreal man who is suing the federal government over his detention and treatment in Sudan are crying foul over what they are calling a new, unjustified delay in the case. Law...
Sep 14, 2018

Ontario outlines arguments in lawsuit against federal carbon tax plan
TORONTO - Days after denouncing a Toronto judge who deemed a provincial law violated charter rights, the Ontario government said it would invoke the Constitution in its legal challenge against the fed...
Sep 14, 2018

OECD calls on Canada to spend more on aid to increase its global "weight"
OTTAWA - A major international report has concluded that the Trudeau government’s lofty rhetoric about being “back” on the world stage needs the added heft of more foreign aid spendi...
Sep 14, 2018

Ottawa putting up $117M to restore land link to Hudson Bay town of Churchill
WINNIPEG - The agreement to restore rail service to the town of Churchill in northern Manitoba will include at least $117 million from the federal government. The federal funding consists of $74 milli...
Sep 14, 2018

Ghomeshi reflects on fallout from trial in The New York Review of Books
TORONTO - Disgraced former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi penned a personal essay in The New York Review of Books that drew swift backlash on Friday, with many social media users questioning why he was ...
Sep 14, 2018

Toronto Wolfpack players take their lumps in physically demanding rugby league
TORONTO - Gareth O’Brien is not the biggest member of the Wolfpack but the divot missing from the fullback’s forehead is a vivid reminder of his commitment to the Toronto cause. Surprising...
Sep 14, 2018

RCMP call in OPP, watchdog to probe alleged assaults linked to hydro projects
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP have called in outside investigators to probe historical alleged assaults linked to hydro projects in the province’s north, but First Nations leaders say the government ...
Sep 14, 2018
Toronto Raptors sign forwards Deng Adel, Kyle Collinsworth to NBA contracts
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors signed forward Deng Adel and Kyle Collinsworth on Friday. The six-foot-seven, 200-pound Adel played three seasons at Louisville (2015-18). He averaged 11.2 points, 4.1 re...
Sep 14, 2018

Manafort pleads guilty, will co-operate with special counsel
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to co-operate with the special counsel’s Trump-Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to feder...
Sep 14, 2018
Crews on Haida Gwaii place booms, monitor air quality around grounded barge
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - Booms have been placed around a grounded fishing lodge barge so contaminants that may be seeping from its hull don’t foul beaches on the east coast of Haida Gwaii. The Co...
Sep 14, 2018