Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canada's bob team hopes World Cup in Calgary not the last on home track
CALGARY - Canada’s bobsled and skeleton teams head to the world championships in Whistler, B.C., wondering if the ski resort will be their future home. The Whistler track, built for the 2010 Win...
Feb 24, 2019

'A line ... was crossed' in SNC-Lavalin affair, says New Democrat MP
OTTAWA - Canadians could hear this week from Jody Wilson-Raybould about whether the former attorney general believes she faced inappropriate pressure from the prime minister’s office to halt a c...
Feb 24, 2019
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury wins dual moguls gold at World Cup event in Japan
TAZAWAKO, Japan - Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury captured gold in the dual moguls World Cup on Sunday in a duel with Japan’s Ikuma Horishima. Kingsbury won with 87.94 points, finishing ahead of...
Feb 24, 2019
Calgary's Brady Leman wins bronze medal at skicross World Cup
SUNNY VALLEY, Russia - Canada’s Brady Leman earned bronze in skicross race action on Sunday, stepping onto the World Cup podium for the third time this season. Leman, from Calgary, earned his fi...
Feb 24, 2019
'How to Train Your Dragon' tops Oscar weekend with $55.5M
LOS ANGELES - “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” breathed some fire into a slumping box office with a franchise-best $55.5 million debut over Oscar weekend. Writer-director Dean ...
Feb 24, 2019
Some Quebec elementary schools experiment with letting kids play rough
MONTREAL - While pushing and shoving is often frowned upon in the schoolyard, some Quebec elementary schools are experimenting with the idea of letting their students play rough. At least two schools ...
Feb 24, 2019
Canada's Roni Remme wins silver in alpine combined at World Cup
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - Roni Remme laid down the fastest slalom run of the day to earn her first World Cup medal - a silver - and put Canada on the podium in women’s alpine combined racing ...
Feb 24, 2019

Tariffs could jeopardize new NAFTA deal in Parliament, Garneau warns
WASHINGTON - Parliament will struggle to ratify the new North American trade deal if U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum exports aren’t lifted soon, Canada’s transport minister warned Sunda...
Feb 24, 2019

U.S. won't allow performance of Newfoundland play about man with disability
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland playwright says his failed two-year battle for a visa to perform in the United States speaks to the barriers facing independent artists telling diverse stories....
Feb 24, 2019

Canada a leader, but more must be done for women in conflict zones: UN official
OTTAWA - Canada is a trailblazer when it comes to assisting women in humanitarian crises around the world, but far more needs to be done to improve outcomes for women and girls in conflict zones, says...
Feb 24, 2019