Category Archives: Canadian Press
Large fire at Toronto recycling plant sends smoke over parts of city
TORONTO - A large and stubborn blaze that broke out at a recycling facility near Toronto’s waterfront early Thursday sent a haze of smoke wafting over parts of the city as firefighters worked fo...
May 25, 2017
Top court hears federal government's appeal on residential school records
OTTAWA - Lawyers for the federal government and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation took turns Thursday trying to convince the Supreme Court how to handle the personal records of those wh...
May 25, 2017
Tentative contract agreement in place for Quebec provincial police
SAINT JULIE, Que. - A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the Quebec government and the association representing about 5,400 provincial police officers. The members of the Provincial...
May 25, 2017
Seven stories in the news today, May 25
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, May 25 --- TERRORISM, DEFENCE SPENDING TO DOMINATE NATO AGENDA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels for the 28-nation NATO summit. Terrorism, which was ...
May 25, 2017
Trudeau praises benefit of sharing intelligence with the U.S. and others
BRUSSELS - Canada’s deeply entrenched role in the fight against global extremism is more focused these days on intelligence-gathering - and sharing - than on putting more boots on the ground in ...
May 25, 2017
McNeil pressed on broken promises at second Nova Scotia campaign debate
HALIFAX - Tory Leader Jamie Baillie cast himself Thursday night as the only man who can beat Stephen McNeil, while the Liberal premier implored voters to ignore campaign “negativity” and g...
May 25, 2017
Gianforte apologizes to reporter after winning US House race
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Republican multimillionaire Greg Gianforte won Montana’s only U.S. House seat on Thursday despite being charged a day earlier with assault after witnesses said he grabbed a repo...
May 25, 2017
Second death in NZ rugby matches
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand rugby has suffered two fatalities in the space of eight days with the death Thursday of a 22-year-old player who suffered a cardiac arrest during an amateur club ...
May 25, 2017
Ex-tennis great avoids Qantas over same-sex marriage edict
PERTH, Australia - Former tennis great and now Christian pastor Margaret Court says she will stop using Qantas “where possible” in protest over the Australian airline’s promotion of ...
May 24, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games Memorial Cup Preliminary Round at Windsor, Ont. Windsor 4 Erie 2 — AHL Playoffs Syracuse 5 Providence 4 (Syracuse leads series 2-1) Grand Rapids 4 San Jose 2 (Grand Rapid...
May 24, 2017