Category Archives: Canadian Press
Manitoba budget: Provincial sales tax to drop; spending tightly controlled
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government introduced its 2019-2020 budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - The provincial sales tax is to drop to seven per cent fr...
Mar 07, 2019
A nanny state? Vermont town elects goat as honorary mayor
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - A 3-year-old Nubian goat named Lincoln is poised to become the first honorary pet mayor of the small Vermont town of Fair Haven. The nanny goat was chosen this week by townspeople fo...
Mar 07, 2019
Canada looks to end Americas Rugby Championship on winning note against U.S.
Four games into the Americas Rugby Championship, Canada only has one win. And things don’t get any easier Friday night when the 21st-ranked Canadian men wrap up tournament play against the 15th-...
Mar 07, 2019
New faces on Canadian women's hockey team for world championship in Finland
CALGARY - Six players will make their women’s world hockey championship debut for Canada next month. Forwards Melodie Daoust of Valleyfield, Que., Ann-Sophie Bettez of Sept Iles, Que., Sarah Nur...
Mar 07, 2019
Eugenie Bouchard-based rom-com in the works based on tennis star's Twitter date
The story of Eugenie Bouchard’s Twitter date with a fan who won a Super Bowl bet with the Canadian tennis star could be making its way to the big screen. A report on the “Deadline” w...
Mar 07, 2019
Felix Auger-Aliassime posts convincing win in opener at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. The 18-year-old from Montreal crushed Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-3, 6-2 in the fi...
Mar 07, 2019
After 50 years of failure, feds to try again on major land project in Ottawa
OTTAWA - The government of Canada is once again trying to offload billions of dollars worth of Crown land next to Parliament Hill that has remained virtually empty since the 1960s. The National Capita...
Mar 07, 2019
Canadian groups join forces on study on abuse and discrimination in sport
OTTAWA - The federal government is partnering with a Canadian athlete rights group for a study on abuse and discrimination in sport. Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, says she is supportin...
Mar 07, 2019
Ralph Hall, oldest-ever member of US House, dead at age 95
AUSTIN, Texas - Former Texas Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House and a man who claimed to have once sold cigarettes and Coca-Cola to the bank-robbing duo of Bonnie and Clyde, has...
Mar 07, 2019
Former CLC president Georgetti on CFLPA bargaining committee in talks with CFL
It’s been a steep learning curve for Ken Georgetti. Since 2016, he’s served as a senior adviser with the CFL Players’ Association. Georgetti is a former president of the Canadian Lab...
Mar 07, 2019