Category Archives: Canadian Press
Olympic silver medallist and X Games champ Blouin headlines World Cup
Canadian snowboarder Laurie Blouin has made her mark on the slopestyle scene. Her recent big air success has been a nice bonus. Blouin will be a headliner at this week’s Jamboree festival as the...
Mar 13, 2019
B.C. building code adjusted upwards to allow 12-storey wood buildings
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. - The height limit for wood buildings in British Columbia is rising to 12 from six storeys in a move that Premier John Horgan expects to spur development using timber and give the...
Mar 13, 2019
Halifax home demolished after fire that claimed the lives of seven children
HALIFAX - Three weeks after a fast-moving house fire killed seven young members of a Syrian refugee family, the charred remains of their suburban Halifax home have been torn down. Neighbour Nicole Sno...
Mar 13, 2019
Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume says he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer
Quebec City’s longtime mayor has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The city said in a statement on Wednesday that Regis Labeaume will gradually scale back his duties and eventually take a lea...
Mar 13, 2019
Defender Jay Wheeldon joins brother Tommy Wheeldon Jr. at CPL's Cavalry FC
Calgary’s Cavalry FC has signed English defender Jonathan (Jay) Wheeldon, younger brother of coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. Jay Wheeldon, 30, played for Belgium’s Royal Racing Football Club Mont...
Mar 13, 2019
N.W.T., federal government reach deal on caribou conservation plans
YELLOWKNIFE - Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have reached a deal on protecting threatened caribou. But one environmental group calls so-called Section 11 agreements - draft versions of which hav...
Mar 13, 2019
Government unveils new plan to battle harassment, abuse, discrimination in sport
TORONTO - A safe space for Canadian athletes and kids who participate in sport has been a long time coming. That was part of Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan’s message in announcing b...
Mar 13, 2019
Kevin Vickers to announce Friday if he'll seek New Brunswick Liberal leadership
FREDERICTON - Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers is expected to announce Friday whether he intends to seek the Liberal leadership in New Brunswick. The retired ambassador to Irelan...
Mar 13, 2019
Trump: US grounding some Boeing 737s after Ethiopia crash
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is issuing an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately,” in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner t...
Mar 13, 2019
Chinese evidence behind canola impasse? 'So far we've heard nothing,' Carr says
OTTAWA - Canada still hasn’t seen the evidence China used to block canola shipments from one of Canada’s largest grain producers, International Trade Minister Jim Carr said Wednesday in an...
Mar 13, 2019