Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's largest real estate board sues listings website Mongohouse for $2.1M
TORONTO - The Toronto Real Estate Board is suing property listings website Mongohouse for $2 million, alleging that the anonymously-run page is illegally accessing, copying and distributing proprietar...
Oct 04, 2018
Still 'a long way to go' in Canada Post contract dispute, union says
OTTAWA - The union representing 50,000 employees at Canada Post panned the latest contract offers from the corporation Thursday, calling them “disappointing” and keeping alive the threat o...
Oct 04, 2018
UNC stadium plate swaps father for son, citing 1898 massacre
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will swap a “Sr.” for a “Jr.” on a plaque at Kenan Memorial Stadium, to distance the university from William R...
Oct 04, 2018
Kate Hudson has third child and first daughter, named Rani
LOS ANGELES - Kate Hudson says her baby girl is here. The “Almost Famous” actress announced Wednesday on her Instagram account that Rani (RAH-nee) Rose Hudson Fujikawa was born Tuesday. It...
Oct 04, 2018
Ottawa to host 2020 Bingham Cup, drawing amateur rugby teams from around the globe
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Wolves will host the 2020 Bingham Cup. The international gay rugby union tournament, which promotes inclusivity, equality and competition, is expected to draw 70 teams from five co...
Oct 04, 2018
No rest for CHL goalies in back-to-backs, heavy workload just normal life
Prince Albert Raiders goaltender Ian Scott found that out last season when he started all three games on a weekend road trip through Alberta just how much of a grind the major junior hockey season can...
Oct 04, 2018
Eastern Metis chief says Mi'kmaq, Metis National Council are 'fear mongering'
HALIFAX - The chief of one of the largest eastern Metis groups is condemning an agreement between the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs and the Metis National Council, saying it creates ...
Oct 04, 2018
Ontario researchers testing origins of life theory in new planet simulator
A small group of Ontario researchers believe they may have solved the origins of life mystery. The results come from early experiments run in a planet simulator at McMaster University’s new Orig...
Oct 04, 2018
Montreal soaring to new economic heights, but headwinds still buffet the summit
MONTREAL - In a sun-lit lecture space at Ecole Polytechnique, Joelle Pineau explained how a machine can create a recipe from a photo of a tourtiere. It's not easy as pie, but rather the fruit of 12 mo...
Oct 04, 2018
Canadian women's volleyball team eliminated at world championship
SAPPORO, Japan - The Canadian women’s volleyball team has been knocked out of the world championship. A 3-1 loss (23-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-21) to Bulgaria (2-3) on Wednesday prevented Canada (1-4...
Oct 04, 2018