Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tariff time: ministers in Steeltown, Saguenay Friday to detail aid, response
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will visit Hamilton on Friday to reveal the details of the federal government’s plan to support Canada’s tariff-targeted steel and alumi...
Jun 28, 2018
Different views on impact of sentence in British Columbia polygamy case
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s former attorney general says a strong message against polygamy has been sent even though two men at the centre of a long-running legal case received only house arr...
Jun 28, 2018
World No. 1 Simona Halep among big names on Rogers Cup tournament list
MONTREAL - Top-ranked Simona Halep is among the players confirmed to participate in the 2018 Rogers Cup, Tennis Canada announced Thursday. Halep, the 2016 Rogers Cup champion, is coming off her first ...
Jun 28, 2018
Toronto Raptors set to play pre-season games in Vancouver, Montreal
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will play pre-season games in Vancouver and Montreal this year. Toronto will tangle with the Portland Trail Blazers on Sept. 29 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and then will...
Jun 28, 2018
Police called suspect in newsroom rampage no threat in 2013
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The man accused of killing five people at a Maryland newspaper was investigated five years ago for a barrage of menacing tweets against staff members, but a detective concluded he was...
Jun 28, 2018
Judge temporarily blocks abortion reporting rule in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Indiana law’s requirement that medical providers report detailed patient information to the state if they treat women for com...
Jun 28, 2018
Lutheran Church accused of securities violations in failed housing investment
CALGARY - The president of the Lutheran Church of Canada said Thursday it will move away from the use of locally administered church funds after Alberta’s securities regulator accused it and its...
Jun 28, 2018
Former B.C. premier warns against change to proportional representation
VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh is urging voters to say No to a referendum on proportional representation because he believes it would usher in extremist parties like those i...
Jun 28, 2018
Quebec court rejects Turcotte's bid to be eligible for parole before 17 years
MONTREAL - Quebec’s Court of Appeal has unanimously rejected child-killer Guy Turcotte’s bid to reduce the number of years he must serve in prison before being eligible for parole. In a ru...
Jun 28, 2018
Calgary's Lee posts two match-play wins to reach round of 16 at British Amateur
SOUTHPORT, England - Canada’s Jaclyn Lee posted two match-play victories Thursday to reach the round of 16 at the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. Lee beat Pauline Roussin-Boucha...
Jun 28, 2018