Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hundreds watch from shore as killer whale puts on jumping show in B.C. harbour
COMOX, B.C. - A lone killer whale that moved into a Comox, B.C., harbour more than a week ago is thrilling crowds on the local waterfront with a swimming and leaping spectacle as it patrols its new hu...
Jul 31, 2018
Political fantasy: Quebec erotic boutique reserves name on election website
MONTREAL - Quebec’s chief electoral office says it is looking into an erotic company’s seduction marketing campaign timed around the October election. On a list of booked political party n...
Jul 31, 2018
LA prosecutors decline sex abuse charges against Les Moonves
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in Southern California declined to pursue sexual abuse claims against CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves because the statute of limitations has expired, according to documents. The un...
Jul 31, 2018
Toronto Blue Jays trade relievers Loup, Axford before trade deadline
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays traded two relief pitchers for prospects before Tuesday’s non-waiver trade deadline, sending long-serving left-hander Aaron Loup to the Philadelphia Phillies and ...
Jul 31, 2018
Federal government stalls on release of new Canadian citizenship guide
OTTAWA - It’s been more than two years since work began on revising the controversial study guide for Canada’s citizenship test, but the federal government says it needs more time to work ...
Jul 31, 2018
Residents leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn near Trans-Canada
KILLARNEY, Ont. - While heavy grey smoke from a nearby forest fire hung in the air, Donna Butson packed a bag of clothes and walked in her backyard with tears running from her eyes. She is one of many...
Jul 31, 2018
US-Mexico NAFTA talks minus Canada: feds insist they're encouraged
OTTAWA - Canada’s continental partners are simply trying to work through difficult bilateral sticking points on NAFTA, federal insiders insist, even as the Canadian government appears to have be...
Jul 31, 2018
Toronto FC in transfer talks but will only add players if fit is right
TORONTO - With the departure of Mariano Mino and Ager Aketxe, Toronto FC has two international slots open on its roster and coach Greg Vanney says the team is in transfer talks. But the fit has to be ...
Jul 31, 2018
Nursing student shot in Toronto rampage was trying to help wounded woman: boyfriend
TORONTO - A nursing student who took a bullet to the spine while rushing to help a wounded victim of the Toronto Greektown shooting is gradually coming out of a medically induced coma, but the full ex...
Jul 31, 2018
Studies suggest new Canadians don't know how to swim compared to those born here
MONTREAL - The recent drowning of an eight-year-old Syrian refugee in Quebec has highlighted the findings of two studies which indicate new arrivals in the country are more at risk of drowning than pe...
Jul 31, 2018