Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau targets Tories in gender equality remarks, saying they don't get it
TORONTO - The strongest opposition to including issues such as gender equality in discussions over the North American Free Trade Agreement has come not from the United States but from within Canada, P...
Sep 11, 2017
Canada's sledge hockey team aims to back up world title with Paralympic gold
CALGARY - Canada’s sledge hockey veteran says the team can handle the pressure of being the defending world champions heading into the Paralympic Games. When you play hockey for Canada, there...
Sep 11, 2017
'Cannot be remedied:' Trucker gets 3 years for teen deaths in construction zone
MELFORT, Sask. - A judge who sent a truck driver to prison on Monday for speeding through a construction zone and killing three teenagers said no sentence can relieve the overwhelming pain felt by the...
Sep 11, 2017
Ottawa urged to release historic data on Inuit tuberculosis treatment
One of the country’s strongest international voices in the fight against AIDS says Canada owes the Inuit a full explanation of what happened to relatives removed from their homes to be treated f...
Sep 11, 2017
Muguruza joins US Open champion Nadal at No. 1 for Spain
NEW YORK - Garbine Muguruza made her debut at No. 1 on Monday, joining U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal in making Spain the first country since the United States 14 years ago to top the WTA and ATP ran...
Sep 11, 2017
Jaguars staying another night in Houston because of Irma
The Jacksonville Jaguars have been in Houston so long now that they have a local gym. The Jaguars were forced Monday to stay another night in Houston because of Hurricane Irma, creating a stressful si...
Sep 11, 2017
Delays in construction at Muskrat Falls impacting power bills in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power customers will be getting some money back over the next three years as a result of the delays in completing the Nalcor-owned Muskrat Falls generating station in Newfoundlan...
Sep 11, 2017
Waterton residents on edge as growing wildfire threatens park's Alberta townsite
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, Alta. - Mandy Mulcahy and her fiance Dave Formosa were watching nervously for news as a wildfire spread closer to the Waterton Lakes National Park townsite in southwester...
Sep 11, 2017
Bid launched to rename N.S. river honouring contentious historical figure
KENTVILLE, N.S. - A debate sweeping the country over the naming of monuments and places after contentious historical figures has found a new flashpoint in rural Nova Scotia. A Scottish immigrant has l...
Sep 11, 2017
Police: Thieves take SUV pulling U-Haul with a casket inside
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Police say thieves have stolen an SUV and an attached U-Haul trailer - with a casket inside - outside an Albuquerque motel. Albuquerque police say the heist occurred early Monday a...
Sep 11, 2017