Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian students urged to study in China despite Kovrig, Spavor arrests
OTTAWA - Eight days after Chinese authorities imprisoned Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, a senior Canadian foreign ministry official urged Canadian students to apply for a program to study in China...
Feb 22, 2019
Students with ADHD less likely to enrol in post-secondary education, study says
OTTAWA - Students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are much less likely to go to college or university than those with no long-term health conditions, according to a new report from Stati...
Feb 22, 2019
Toronto FC coach says team can rebound from disappointing loss in Panama
TORONTO - Despite suffering a humiliating 4-0 loss to Club Atletico Independiente de la Chorrera in Panama, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney says his side can rebound in the return leg of the CONCACAF Cha...
Feb 22, 2019
Canadian Premier League to play in Hamilton and Langford, B.C., on opening weekend
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League’s opening weekend will feature matches in Hamilton and Langford, B.C. The new men’s pro soccer league had already announced its season opener - with Y...
Feb 22, 2019
Canadian golfer Roger Sloan surges into contention at Puerto Rico Open
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico - Canada’s Roger Sloan was one shot back of the lead after a windy second round at the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open. The 31-year-old from Merritt, B.C., shot a 5-und...
Feb 22, 2019
QuadrigaCX case: Canada's big banks wary of cryptocurrency assets
HALIFAX - The wary skepticism that Canada’s big banks have for the cryptocurrency industry was on full display Friday when a Nova Scotia judge issued an order for the eventual disbursement of mo...
Feb 22, 2019
Lawyers take Quebec to court over abrupt closure of 18,000 immigration files
MONTREAL - The judge hearing an injunction request over the Quebec government’s decision to cancel more than 18,000 immigration applications will render a decision early next week. Representativ...
Feb 22, 2019
El Chapo wants new trial, hearing to probe jury misconduct
NEW YORK - The defence team for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said Friday it will seek a new trial for the notorious drug lord in light of “misconduct” on the part of several juror...
Feb 22, 2019
A look at 16 new recommendations for Ottawa on the Trans Mountain pipeline
The National Energy Board has endorsed an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. If approved by Ottawa, the regulator says it will impose 156 conditions on the project. It has also made 16 new reco...
Feb 22, 2019
"I don't really like him;" Lowry's friendship with DeRozan tough to describe
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry’s intention was to do his two year’s time in Toronto then hightail it to another NBA team. And so he barely spoke to DeMar DeRozan during those two years. Lowry was un...
Feb 22, 2019