Category Archives: Canadian Press
Scholarship to cover cost for refugee studying law at University of Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan is offering a new scholarship to cover the costs of a law student who has claimed or is claiming refugee status. The scholarship from the College of Law in S...
Nov 06, 2017
Keep politics out of in-country refugee determination process: UNHCR chief
OTTAWA - With the future of the Immigration and Refugee Board under review, one thing is certain, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said Monday: it needs to remain independent. “You ...
Nov 06, 2017
Another hearing set over Cowboys RB Elliott's 6-game ban
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court has set a Thursday hearing as attorneys for Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott seek a longer-lasting injunction to stop his six-game suspension over domesti...
Nov 06, 2017
Toronto FC appeals Altidore red card, says security footage proves their case
TORONTO - The day after a halftime tunnel melee disrupted Game 2 of the MLS Eastern Conference semifinal, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney was still radiating frustration. Frustrated that he had lost his ...
Nov 06, 2017
Trial hears bomb squad searched law office, car, suspect's home after explosion
WINNIPEG - Shortly after an explosion at a law firm that cost lawyer Maria Mitousis her right hand, members of Winnipeg’s bomb squad looked for other potential explosives as well as small body p...
Nov 06, 2017
What to say when a baby is born with Down syndrome? Not 'sorry,' says campaign
TORONTO - It’s arguably a difficult and awkward moment for family and friends when a couple announces the birth of a child followed by the revelation that their baby has Down syndrome. What does...
Nov 06, 2017
Quebec Liberal MP resigns a day after Trudeau announces four byelections
OTTAWA - A Quebec Liberal MP announced Monday he’s quitting politics for family reasons. Denis Lemieux, who has represented the riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord since 2015, said he made the decisio...
Nov 06, 2017
Feds seeking TPP changes on intellectual property, supply management and culture
OTTAWA - Canadian negotiators are pushing for three key changes to the original Trans-Pacific Partnership as leaders of the remaining countries interested in reviving the controversial treaty prepare ...
Nov 06, 2017
Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents
LONDON - Leaked papers revealing investments in tax havens by the world’s wealthy suggest U2 frontman Bono used a company based in low-tax Malta to buy part of a shopping mall in Lithuania. The ...
Nov 06, 2017
Injured veterans having to wait longer for service, internal documents show
OTTAWA - Injured Canadian Forces veterans are being forced to wait longer than in years past to find out whether they qualify for financial aid, newly disclosed documents show. The revelation, contain...
Nov 06, 2017