Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadians Ashley Lawrence, Kadeisha Buchanan face off in Champions League final
Two Canadians will be front and centre Thursday in European women’s showcase soccer match. Wingback Ashley Lawrence and defender Kadeisha Buchanan, both 21, face off in an all-French final of th...
Jun 02, 2017
Feds still committed to Paris Accord, Environment Minister McKenna says
TORONTO - As the U.S. flirts with fleeing the Paris climate-change accord, Canada is aligning itself with the world’s other two largest economies to take a global leadership role in the effort t...
Jun 02, 2017
Documents raise new questions about taxpayer risk in Liberal infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - Federal investments doled out through the government’s new infrastructure financing agency may be used to ensure a financial return to private investors if a project fails to generate e...
Jun 02, 2017
Quebec police seize drugs, weapons and arrest 36 people in biker raids
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police said they arrested 36 people Wednesday in connection with an alleged drug trafficking network operated by the Hells Angels and their associates in the province̵...
Jun 02, 2017
European Commission leader blasts Trump on climate plans
BRUSSELS - The European Commission president on Wednesday said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the U.S. if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Par...
Jun 02, 2017
Toronto Argonauts veteran linebacker Winston Venable calls it a career
TORONTO - Veteran linebacker Winston Venable has retired, the Toronto Argonauts announced Wednesday. Toronto signed the five-foot-11, 220-pound Venable this off-season as a free agent. Venable spent t...
Jun 02, 2017
US pending home sales fell again in April
WASHINGTON - Americans retreated from signing contracts to buy homes in April for the second straight month, a possible sign that a declining number of homes on the market are stifling sales during th...
Jun 02, 2017
Riccardo Chailly to celebrate 40 years at La Scala
ROME - Riccardo Chailly celebrates 40 years at La Scala next season, which he will open by conducting the Italian opera “Andrea Chenier” starring soprano Anna Netrebko. Chailly says that o...
Jun 02, 2017
Provincial police investigating after suspicious fire at Quebec City jail
QUEBEC - Provincial police are investigating an alleged arson inside a Quebec City jail. Firefighters were called to the detention centre at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday after inmates allegedly set fire t...
Jun 02, 2017
Nova Scotia voter turnout at all-time low: 'Disillusionment is a factor'
HALIFAX - Voter turnout in Nova Scotia slumped to an all-time low in Tuesday’s provincial election, with just over half of eligible voters casting ballots. Fewer than 54 per cent of eligible vot...
Jun 02, 2017