Category Archives: Canadian Press
Low and slow: A tale of online recreational pot orders across Canada
Canadians were eager to buy legal cannabis for recreational use online on Oct. 17, as government-run and privately operated pot portals were lit up with thousands of orders within the first 24 hours o...
Oct 26, 2018
Bomb suspect: Ex-stripper with cash problems, Trump devotion
WASHINGTON - Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along. On Friday, he was ident...
Oct 26, 2018
Ottawa proposes easing of sperm donation rules, new surrogacy regulations
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government proposed new regulations Friday that would lift a ban on men who have sex with other men from donating their sperm anonymously to Canadians struggling with infertility....
Oct 26, 2018
Royal Canadian Legion releases digital version of the Remembrance Day poppy
OTTAWA - The Remembrance Day poppy has entered the digital age. The Royal Canadian Legion launched a digital version of the distinctive red flower Friday, which it says can be customized, shared onlin...
Oct 26, 2018
Musician who directed Men of Deeps remembered for preserving coal miners' story
A musician and teacher who served for 50 years as director of the well-known Cape Breton choir Men of the Deeps is being remembered for preserving the culture of coal miners through song. John (Jack) ...
Oct 26, 2018
Maritime CFL expansion proposes Halifax-area stadium at Shannon Park
HALIFAX - The company hoping to bring a CFL team to Halifax has proposed Shannon Park, along the east side of the city’s harbour, as the site for a 24,000-seat stadium. The proposal from Maritim...
Oct 26, 2018
Millions at stake for Canada in last-chance bid to qualify for Rugby World Cup
TORONTO - It’s called the Rugby World Cup repechage, a last-chance qualifier for the sport’s biggest showcase. But for Rugby Canada, it could be dubbed the $10-million tournament. ThatR...
Oct 26, 2018
Wildlife corridor in southwest Alberta named after former premier Jim Prentice
COLEMAN, Alta. - A swath of land in southwestern Alberta has been protected and named in honour of former premier Jim Prentice. The Jim Prentice Wildlife Corridor, which is in the Crowsnest Pass, is r...
Oct 26, 2018
French appeal court orders new review of evidence in Hassan Diab case
OTTAWA - The decade-long ordeal of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab, suspected by French authorities of being involved in a deadly bombing in Paris, showed no signs of ending on Friday after an appeal cour...
Oct 26, 2018
Robert De Niro, target of pipe bomb, calls on people to vote
NEW YORK - Robert De Niro is calling on people to vote in light of the series of bombs addressed to targets of right-wing anger. In a statement released by his publicist on Friday, the actor says R...
Oct 26, 2018