Category Archives: Canadian Press
Latino coalition: CBS diversity progress is part of new push
LOS ANGELES - Latino leaders meeting with top CBS executives last week were braced for a confrontation over a protracted scarcity of Latino actors and stories on the network’s prime-time shows. ...
Aug 22, 2017
The Rebel up for a bit of reboot, says outlet founder Ezra Levant
OTTAWA - The founder of the online news site The Rebel admits its content and management need more oversight in the wake of a string of controversies. One reporter was fired, another founder quit and ...
Aug 22, 2017
B.C. seeks intervener status in court cases against Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The NDP government announced earlier this month that it...
Aug 22, 2017
Radwanska downs Canadian Bouchard in second round at Connecticut Open
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated from the Connecticut Open on Tuesday night, falling in straight sets to top seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the second round. Ra...
Aug 22, 2017
Boston bound: Cavs trade Irving to Celtics for Thomas, more
CLEVELAND - Kyrie Irving was tired of being teammates with LeBron James. Now he has to figure out how to beat him. Cleveland’s All-Star guard, who asked owner Dan Gilbert to trade him earlier th...
Aug 22, 2017
Doctors must help remedy opioid crisis in Canada, CMA meeting told
QUEBEC - Canada’s opioid epidemic isn’t a single crisis but a complex set of overlapping crises that will take multiple strategies to solve, a panel of experts told the annual meeting of t...
Aug 22, 2017
Arkansas' Silver Moon hosting tribute for rockabilly pioneer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - No one knew what to call Sonny Burgess’ music when he mixed rhythm and blues, gospel tunes and country riffs in the 1950s, but it was clear where it came from. “It all ...
Aug 22, 2017
'Hysterically screaming': dad of baby that died in house fire in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Police say a house fire that killed a five-month old baby and left his 29-year-old mother clinging to life in an Edmonton hospital was deliberately set. Firefighters responded to the blaze ...
Aug 22, 2017
NDP leadership contender rejects endorsement from alleged Holocaust denier
OTTAWA - Federal NDP leadership contender Niki Ashton is rejecting an endorsement from a supporter who’s been accused of holding anti-Semitic views, including denying the atrocities of the Holoc...
Aug 22, 2017
Ontario man in U.S. custody faces more child sex exploitation charges in Canada
MARKHAM, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say a Canadian man charged in the U.S. after allegedly flying to Atlanta in an attempt to have sex with an underage girl he met online will face further charg...
Aug 22, 2017