Category Archives: Canadian Press
Doug Ford says he'll release fully costed platform before the election
With two weeks left in Ontario’s election campaign, Doug Ford is refusing to say when his Progressive Conservatives will release a fully costed platform, except to insist it will be before voter...
May 23, 2018
An NDP government could mean endless strikes, high unemployment, rivals warn
TORONTO - If you believe Doug Ford and Kathleen Wynne, an NDP government would bring Ontario indefinite strikes, high unemployment, skyrocketing taxes and farmlands lost to wind turbines. The Progress...
May 23, 2018
Facebook posts were reply to propaganda against Islamic State: migrant
VANCOUVER - Facebook posts that allegedly supported lone-wolf terrorist attacks were part of a mission to counter the western media’s propaganda machine against the Islamic State group, a Britis...
May 23, 2018
Quebec singer Luck Mervil gets community sentence for sexual exploitation
MONTREAL - Well-known Quebec singer Luck Mervil was given a six-month sentence in the community Wednesday for the sexual exploitation of a 17-year-old girl in 1996. The sentence is exactly what the de...
May 23, 2018
Singh sides with B.C. in hornet's nest of pipeline politics for the NDP
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh planted the federal NDP flag firmly on British Columbia’s side of the Trans Mountain dispute Wednesday after months of trying to stay neutral in the bitter feud between hi...
May 23, 2018
'It got worse:' Evacuation criticized after First Nation surrounded by fire
WINNIPEG - The federal government said it is stepping up efforts to evacuate two Manitoba First Nations that are threatened by a raging wildfire. Public Safety Canada said about 600 people were expect...
May 23, 2018
Small Newfoundland town that rejected rainbow crosswalk to hold Pride Week
SPRINGDALE, N.L. - A Newfoundland town that received national attention when it refused to permit a rainbow crosswalk has now agreed to hold a Pride Week. The town of Springdale came under scrutiny la...
May 23, 2018
Olympic curler Cheryl Bernard new president, CEO of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
CALGARY - Curling allowed Cheryl Bernard to become not just a successful Olympic athlete, but a businesswoman. Those two qualities landed her the job of president and chief executive officer at Canada...
May 23, 2018
Fed minutes: Another rate hike likely 'soon'
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials earlier this month suggested that another rate hike was on the way soon, while also noting several risks facing the economy, ranging from rising wage pressures t...
May 23, 2018
Rangers hire Boston University's David Quinn as coach
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers hired Boston University’s David Quinn as their new head coach Wednesday, the second college coach hired by an NHL team this month and third in the past four years...
May 23, 2018