Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hockey Canada's French-name policy critized by Quebec-based politicians
MONTREAL - Hockey Canada was widely criticized Wednesday after a news report indicated a public address announcer at the Winter Olympics was told by the national governing body to stop using French pr...
Feb 21, 2018
Quebecor going to court to fight financial assistance for media competitor
MONTREAL - Quebecor Inc. wants the courts to strike down a provincial government decree that gives $10 million in repayable financial assistance to another media organization. The media conglomerate h...
Feb 21, 2018
Federal government can't do much to fight fake news: Canadian Heritage documents
OTTAWA - The federal government doesn’t believe it can do much on its own to stem the growing tide of fake news in Canada, according to briefing notes prepared by the Department of Canadian Heri...
Feb 21, 2018
Arkansas radio station removes 'babe' from bracket's name
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas radio show says it’ll no longer call a promotion where listeners rate 16 local female television personalities in a tournament-like contest a “Babe Bracket&...
Feb 21, 2018
'God understands': Quotes from the Rev. Billy Graham
MONTREAT, N.C. - The Rev. Billy Graham died Wednesday at age 99. He was the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history. Here are some quotations from the man who transformed American religious ...
Feb 21, 2018
'A case can be built on circumstantial evidence:' experts discuss Cormier trial
Legal experts say a lack of physical evidence in the death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine makes it difficult, but not impossible, for a jury to convict her accused killer in what has become a symbolic c...
Feb 21, 2018
Ferry blast injures passengers in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
MEXICO CITY - An explosion ripped through a ferry as it unloaded passengers in the Caribbean beach city of Playa del Carmen on Wednesday, hurting as many as 25 people, but authorities said none of the...
Feb 21, 2018
Student protest outside the White House a snapshot of American gun debate
WASHINGTON - A snapshot of America’s gun debate unfolded outside the White House on Wednesday, on the fringes of a youth-led march where teenaged demonstrators drew cheers from adult bystanders ...
Feb 21, 2018
Montrealer's fight for insurance benefits highlights dangers of social media: lawyers
MONTREAL - The case of a Montreal writer who said his insurance company refused to pay him disability benefits due in part to online postings is a reminder to people to watch what they put on the Inte...
Feb 21, 2018
Federal government lifts all bovine TB quarantines from Prairie farms
EDMONTON - The federal government says all quarantines imposed on Prairie farms and ranches because of a few cases of bovine tuberculosis have been lifted. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay says ...
Feb 21, 2018