Category Archives: Canadian Press

Manziel experiment in CFL over after league directs Alouettes to release QB
He entered the CFL with much fanfare and intrigue, but Johnny Football has made a mysterious exit. The Johnny Manziel experiment ended less than a year after it began Wednesday with the CFL terminatin...
Feb 27, 2019

Winfrey to interview Jackson accusers in post-film special
LOS ANGELES - An Oprah Winfrey interview with two men who say Michael Jackson sexually abused them as boys will air immediately after a documentary on the men. HBO and the Oprah Winfrey Network announ...
Feb 27, 2019
Woman wrongfully held in hospital for almost one year without court order: judge
VANCOUVER - A woman’s rights were violated when she was held in hospital for almost a year without being given written reasons for the detention or an opportunity for legal advice, a British Col...
Feb 27, 2019

Alberta budget deficit almost $2B lower than originally forecast: finance minister
EDMONTON - A third-quarter update from the Alberta government forecasts a budget deficit almost $2 billion lower than originally forecast due in part to higher than expected bitumen royalties. Finance...
Feb 27, 2019

Bid to strip Confederate link from Arkansas flag rejected
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas legislators on Wednesday rejected a proposal to change the meaning of one of the stars on the state flag from honouring the Confederacy to honouring the contributions Nati...
Feb 27, 2019

Anti-vaccine campaign 'very concerning,' says Ontario's health minister
TORONTO - An ad campaign from a group of open vaccine skeptics that briefly dotted some streets in the Toronto area represents a “very concerning” development in the ongoing fight against ...
Feb 27, 2019

Timeline: SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - A chronology of events in the SNC-Lavalin controversy: Feb. 19, 2015 – The RCMP lays corruption and fraud charges against Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, o...
Feb 27, 2019
US appeals court rules for actor James Woods in Twitter case
CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court has rejected an Ohio woman’s defamation lawsuit against actor James Woods over Twitter posts during the 2016 presidential campaign. The Cincinnati-based 6th ...
Feb 27, 2019

Ukraine drops out of Eurovision after spat with singer
MINSK, Belarus - Ukraine has pulled out of this year’s Eurovision song contest following a politically-tinged dispute between the singer who won the national competition and the country’s ...
Feb 27, 2019

Political operative arrested in North Carolina scandal
RALEIGH, N.C. - The political operative at the centre of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling an...
Feb 27, 2019