Category Archives: Canadian Press
Crack whip essential to survival of narrow minority government in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Gerard Janssen remembers the day then-premier Glen Clark was left pounding on a locked door after arriving late for a vote in the British Columbia legislature. Clark’s blunder in May...
Jun 11, 2017
Decaying hotels vital temporary answer to social housing in Vancouver: experts
VANCOUVER - Despite the rats, roaches and clogged toilets at decaying rooming houses and hotels in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, activists and experts say they provide necessary affordable hous...
Jun 11, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $20 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackp...
Jun 11, 2017
Iran says it has killed mastermind of twin attacks
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says it has killed the alleged mastermind of twin attacks last week claimed by the Islamic State group. The official IRNA news agency on Sunday quotes Intelligence Minister Mahmoud...
Jun 11, 2017
Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US
SEATTLE - Demonstrators around the country rallied to protest Islamic law, saying it is incompatible with Western democracy. But many of the rallies drew even more raucous counter-protests by people w...
Jun 11, 2017
Republicans urge Trump on tapes; Sessions to testify Tues
WASHINGTON - Fellow Republicans pressed President Donald Trump on Sunday to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey and provide them to Cong...
Jun 11, 2017
Canada wide murder warrant issued in Orillia, Ont., homicide case
ORILLIA, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a homicide case in Orillia, about 140 kilometres north of Toronto. Twenty-eight year old Brian Que...
Jun 11, 2017
Macron's takeover of French politics is all but complete
PARIS - Emmanuel Macron’s takeover of French politics is all but complete. The newly elected French leader’s gamble that voters wanted to throw out old faces and try something new is payin...
Jun 11, 2017
Blue Jays use trio of home runs to knock off Mariners 4-2
SEATTLE - Kendrys Morales, Ezequiel Carrera and Justin Smoak, all one-time members of the Seattle Mariners organization, provided the big blows for a game that sounded like it belonged in Toronto. Car...
Jun 10, 2017
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games CFL Pre-season Winnipeg 25 Saskatchewan 25 — MLB American League Toronto 4 Seattle 2 Tampa Bay 6 Oakland 5 (1st game, 10 innings) Oakland 7 Tampa Bay 2 (2nd game) Houston ...
Jun 10, 2017