Category Archives: Canadian Press
Next year in Jerusalem: Giro riders face political hurdles
JERUSALEM - When the world’s cycling elite converge on Israel next year for the storied Giro d’Italia race, they will grapple with the rugged hills of Jerusalem, speed by the shimmering Me...
Nov 03, 2017
Legacy Room initiative to open space in Halifax steakhouse where idea was born
HALIFAX - The Halifax restaurant where an Aboriginal leader came up with the idea of “Legacy Rooms” - a place for people to learn and talk about reconciliation - will itself open a designa...
Nov 03, 2017
Funeral held for Malta journalist; some officials stay away
VALLETTA, Malta - Malta’s Roman Catholic archbishop warned those who killed an investigative reporter with a car bomb that they “would never escape the justice of God” and urged othe...
Nov 03, 2017
Eight more women tell Winnipeg police they were sexually assaulted by doctor
WINNIPEG - Eight more women have come forward alleging they were sexually assaulted by a doctor at a walk-in clinic and police say there may be more charges in the future. Amir Houshang Mazhariravesh,...
Nov 03, 2017
Roughriders want to complete return to respectability with win Saturday
Returning to the CFL playoffs for the first time since 2014 has been a slow, uphill climb for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team went 3-15 two years ago and made only marginal gains last season to...
Nov 03, 2017
Ontario names first 14 cities to host pot shops
TORONTO - Ontario has named the first 14 cities where it will set up government-run marijuana stores by July 2018. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which will run the shops through a subsidiary, s...
Nov 03, 2017
Only two ministers ever held indirect assets without a blind trust: Dawson
OTTAWA - Conflict of interest commissioner Mary Dawson says Finance Minister Bill Morneau is the only Liberal cabinet minister who currently holds indirect assets without a blind trust in place. In ad...
Nov 03, 2017
Police looking for missing steer in eastern Ontario, say it should not be approached
TORONTO - Police are looking for a missing steer in eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say a red Angus steer escaped from a farm in August Township, about 100 kilometres south of Ottawa, on Oc...
Nov 03, 2017
French charge IOC member Fredericks in Rio corruption probe
PARIS - IOC member Frankie Fredericks was handed preliminary charges on Friday in a French investigation into vote-buying around the decision to award the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro. An official ...
Nov 03, 2017
NYC circles the wagons around marathon after truck attack
NEW YORK - In a city shaken by its deadliest terrorist attack since 9-11, police are promising an unprecedented security effort to try to secure a soft target spanning five boroughs and 26.2 miles: th...
Nov 03, 2017