Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Angel' who helped whistleblower Snowden needs Canada's help immediately: lawyer
MONTREAL - One of seven people who helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong is in failing health and needs Canada’s help, his lawyer Robert Tibbo said Mon...
Jun 25, 2018
Canada adds seven people to Myanmar sanctions list over Rohingya crisis
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says seven Myanmar military leaders have been added to Canada’s sanctions list for their role in the Rohingya crisis. Freeland says the sancti...
Jun 25, 2018
Cheering for family: Manitoba politician related to most of Iceland soccer team
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician has more than Icelandic heritage fuelling his fandom of the Nordic nation’s soccer team - he also has family ties. Len Isleifson, legislature member for Brandon ...
Jun 25, 2018
Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani among film academy invitees
LOS ANGELES - The organization that bestows the Oscars is continuing to lean into its promise to make its ranks more diverse by inviting a record 928 new members representing 59 countries to join incl...
Jun 25, 2018
US seen backing away from Syria de-escalation enforcement
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration appears to be walking away from a pledge to enforce an arrangement to stabilize southwestern Syria as the Syrian military presses ahead with an offensive in the r...
Jun 25, 2018
Record settlement for N.S. boy who suffered brain damage at birth
HALIFAX - A seven-year-old Nova Scotia boy who suffered brain damage at birth has received a $6 million settlement - the largest of its kind in the province’s history. The lawsuit said Cullen Ch...
Jun 25, 2018
Equalization debate re-emerges ahead of finance ministers' meeting in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Canada’s long-simmering internal debate over how the federal government divvies up equalization payments among the provinces is expected to flare up yet again this week when the country...
Jun 25, 2018
Willie O'Ree, NHL's first black player, hopes for Hockey Hall of Fame call
FREDERICTON - It has been a big year so far for Willie O’Ree - full of accolades as he marked 60 years since becoming the first black player in the National Hockey League - but there’s one...
Jun 25, 2018
'I'm sorry:' RCMP pledges at MMIW inquiry to do better on Indigenous issues
REGINA - The head of Canada’s national police force apologized to the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women Monday while pledging improved relations with Aboriginal communities. R...
Jun 25, 2018
Montana tribe can't account for $14.5 million
BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana’s Crow Indian Tribe has been unable to account for $14.5 million it received for transportation programs, marking the second time in less than two years the tribe has b...
Jun 25, 2018