Category Archives: Canadian Press
CBC president Tait warns of cultural imperialism danger from Netflix
OTTAWA - There are parallels to be drawn between the growing influence and availability of Netflix programming around the world and the colonialism of the British and French empires, CBC president Cat...
Jan 31, 2019
Norman's lawyers grill Sajjan's chief of staff, hint at more 'codenames'
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyer has raised the prospect that government officials used several more undisclosed terms to refer to her client in internal communications and hide any pa...
Jan 31, 2019
Comedian takes lead in Ukraine presidential race, polls show
KIEV, Ukraine - A comedian has taken the lead in Ukraine’s presidential race, according to the latest polls released Thursday. A poll by the Razumkov Center and two other organizations shows Vol...
Jan 31, 2019
History museum plucks Georges St-Pierre title belt for its public collection
OTTAWA - A national museum has gone to the mat for fighter Georges St-Pierre to pluck one of his title belts from auction and put it on public display. The Canadian Museum of History says it acquired ...
Jan 31, 2019
Peruvian emigre gives US voice to Venezuela hard-liners
MIAMI - An emigre who once fled a right-wing strongman in Peru has made his U.S.-based television program a forum for hardline opponents of Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro - includi...
Jan 31, 2019
Murder trial hears of Richard Oland's wealth - and son's mounting debts
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - While Dennis Oland was dealing with mounting debt in 2011, his father Richard was living the life of a multi-millionaire, travelling the world in pursuit of new sailboats and the pa...
Jan 31, 2019
Crown seeks 8 years in prison for woman found guilty of terrorism charges
TORONTO - A woman found guilty of terror charges after attacking workers at a Canadian Tire with a golf club and a butcher knife should be sentenced to eight years behind bars, prosecutors argued Thur...
Jan 31, 2019
Antoine Vermette announces retirement after 14 NHL seasons
TORONTO - Antoine Vermette has retired from the NHL after 14 seasons. The 36-year-old made the announcement through the NHL Players’ Association on Thursday. Vermette scored 228 goals and regist...
Jan 31, 2019
Lebanon factions form government, ending nine-month deadlock
BEIRUT - Lebanese political factions agreed Thursday to form a new government, breaking a nine-month deadlock that only deepened the country’ economic woes. Rival political groups had been locke...
Jan 31, 2019
Coerced sterilizations not only an Indigenous concern, Commons committee hears
OTTAWA - Indigenous women are probably not the only ones who have been coerced into being sterilized without wanting to be, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada told the House of Commons̵...
Jan 31, 2019