Category Archives: Canadian Press
Senate defeats motion to separate infrastructure bank from budget bill
OTTAWA - The Senate won’t be splitting the Trudeau government’s budget bill to hive off the portion dealing with creation of a new infrastructure bank. Senators have rejected by the narrow...
Jun 19, 2017
GM Griffin, Cavs part ways after title, 3 straight Finals
CLEVELAND - One year ago, David Griffin celebrated the biggest win in Cavaliers history. He marked the anniversary Monday by walking away from the team. Griffin’s three-year run as general manag...
Jun 19, 2017
Tiger Woods receiving professional help to manage meds
JUPITER, Fla. - Tiger Woods is receiving help to manage his medications. “I’m currently receiving professional help to manage my medications and the ways that I deal with back pain and a s...
Jun 19, 2017
Judge rules Ontario woman meets requirement for medically assisted death
TORONTO - A judge says an Ontario woman with incurable erosive osteoarthritis fits a key requirement to receive a medically assisted death after her doctor refused to help her because he feared crimin...
Jun 19, 2017
Manitoba backs faith-based hospitals on issue of doctor-assisted death
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it will not force faith-based hospitals to provide medical assistance in dying. The comment comes in response to a controversy over the reversal of a decision b...
Jun 19, 2017
B.C. Liberals to support ban on corporate, union donations to political parties
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Liberals say they are now ready to take big money out of politics after rejecting calls for political fundraising reform for more than a decade. Attorney General An...
Jun 19, 2017
3-year global coral bleaching event easing, but still bad
WASHINGTON - A mass bleaching of coral reefs worldwide is finally easing after three years, U.S. scientists announced Monday. About three-quarters of the world’s delicate coral reefs were damage...
Jun 19, 2017
Dems fear slow walking of Russia sanctions bill in House
WASHINGTON - Legislation that would hit Russia with economic sanctions and limit President Donald Trump’s authority to lift the penalties faces an uncertain future in the House despite the bill&...
Jun 19, 2017
Trump's legal plan built in his image: Fight, fight, fight
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, whose combative instincts are to lash out and never retreat, appears to be shaping a legal team in his own image. His clear directive: Fight, fight, fight. In aggr...
Jun 19, 2017
Jared Kushner speaks in public. And Washington takes notice.
WASHINGTON - Jared Kushner spoke in public on Monday. And that alone counted as news. In a White House full of loud voices, the powerful senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump tends t...
Jun 19, 2017