Category Archives: Canadian Press
Singh cements leadership with B.C. byelection win but NDP loses Outremont
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh tightened his shaky grip on the reins of the NDP Monday by winning a do-or-die federal byelection in British Columbia. But the challenge he now faces in reviving the party’...
Feb 25, 2019
Caribou Marketing Board: Regulating wild food suggested to ease Arctic hunger
Northerners could get relief from sky-high grocery bills if Ottawa were to help regulate and encourage the sale of food harvested from the land, a federal advisory board has concluded. In a report rel...
Feb 25, 2019
Former US security officials to oppose emergency declaration
WASHINGTON - A group of former U.S. national security officials is set to release a statement arguing there is no justification for President Donald Trump to use a national emergency declaration to fu...
Feb 24, 2019
US envoy meets with Taliban co-founder ahead of new talks
DOHA, Qatar - U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with one of the founders of the Taliban for the first time on Monday ahead of the latest round of talks with the insurgents aimed at ending the 17-year wa...
Feb 24, 2019
Vietnam vows 'maximum level' security for Trump-Kim summit
HANOI, Vietnam - With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armoured train barrelling through China toward Vietnam’s capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump en route to Hanoi, Vietnamese offici...
Feb 24, 2019
Media watchdog says Williams cartoon didn't breach standards
SYDNEY, Australia - The Australian Press Council has ruled there was no breach of its standards of practice in a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams which attracted global condemnation after being ...
Feb 24, 2019
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games NHL Arizona 4 Winnipeg 1 Calgary 2 Ottawa 1 Washington 6 N.Y. Rangers 5 (OT) San Jose 5 Detroit 3 Dallas 4 Chicago 3 Minnesota 2 St. Louis 1 (OT) — AHL Bridgeport 5 Hershey ...
Feb 24, 2019
R. Kelly leaves jail after posting $100K in sex abuse case
CHICAGO - R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail Monday after posting $100,000 bail that allows him to go free while awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused four people dating back to 1998, i...
Feb 24, 2019
Austin Czarnik scores late goal to lift Flames over Senators 2-1
OTTAWA - Matthew Tkachuk's Calgary Flames defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Sunday night, but it was younger brother Brady Tkachuk who earned family bragging rights. In the inaugural meeting between th...
Feb 24, 2019
Magic end Raptors' winning streak at 7 with 113-98 victory
TORONTO - Terrence Ross scored 28 points against his former team, Nikola Vucevic had 23 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Raptors 113-98 on Sunday, ending Toronto’s winning s...
Feb 24, 2019