Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vancouver-born fighter Angela Lee retains MMA title with Singapore win
SINGAPORE - Vancouver-born MMA fighter Angela Lee retained her One Championship atomweight championship Friday, submitting Brazilian kickboxer Istela Nunes in the second round via anaconda choke. In t...
May 26, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 26 --- CANADA PUSHING FREE TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE AT G7: Canada will fight for the Paris agreement on climate change at the G7 summit in Sicily, even th...
May 26, 2017
Broker, agent who worked with subsidiary of Home Capital disciplined
TORONTO - An Ontario regulator says it has imposed disciplinary actions against a mortgage broker and agent who worked with Home Trust Co., a subsidiary of Home Capital Group (TSX:HCG), over their han...
May 26, 2017
Company faces backlash for pulling Hannity ads
NEW YORK - Financial services firm USAA, facing a backlash to its decision to pull advertising from Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Channel, says it is withdrawing from other opinion-based telev...
May 26, 2017
The Latest: Tom Morello, Josh Brolin eulogize Chris Cornell
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on memorial services Friday for late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell (all times local): 1:25 p.m. Chris Cornell’s memorial service has ended and mourners are headed t...
May 26, 2017
Melania Trump wears $51K Dolce & Gabbana jacket in Sicily
TAORMINA, Italy - Melania Trump’s first outing in the Sicilian sunshine was in a colorful floral applique jacket by Dolce & Gabbana that sells for $51,000, or several thousand dollars below ...
May 26, 2017
Toronto to keep funding Pride parade amid controversy over police participation
TORONTO - Canada’s largest Pride parade will continue to receive an annual grant from the City of Toronto despite calls to cut the funding over a decision to ban uniformed police officers from t...
May 26, 2017
Jordan's Principle could have prevented Ontario suicides, rights tribunal says
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says the federal government’s failure to fully implement Jordan’s Principle may have contributed to the suicides of two teenagers in Wapekeka Fi...
May 26, 2017
Liberal MPs offer amendments to controversial changes for budget watchdog
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is backing away from controversial elements of its legislation to transform the federal budget watchdog, with help from a number of amendments proposed Friday by Libera...
May 26, 2017
Methane, deficits and the civil service: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Speculation filled the void left by the members of Parliament who vacated the capital for the week to spend time in their ridings. Who would win the Conservative leadership? Do Prime Minister...
May 26, 2017