Category Archives: Canadian Press
Agreement allows police in Vancouver Pride parade, but changes will be made
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department says its members will walk in the city’s Pride parade this year. The department says representatives have been in discussion with groups including the...
May 18, 2017
2018 Games head says NHL not being greedy, will co-operate
LONDON - The head of the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee said Thursday that the NHL isn’t being “greedy” preventing hockey stars going to the 2018 Games and he was willing ...
May 18, 2017
Former cabinet minister Vic Toews challenges conflict ruling in Federal Court
OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Vic Toews says ethics commissioner Mary Dawson made findings that are “inaccurate and inconsistent with the evidence” in ruling that he violated conflict-o...
May 18, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (Liberals-Health) Nova Scotia’s Liberal Party is promising to ensure Nova Scotians have better access to highly trained medical specialists. The party’s candidate for Sydney-Whit...
May 18, 2017
WADA optimistic Russia is taking steps to fix its broken anti-doping system
MONTREAL - Beckie Scott is hoping that an athletes anti-doping charter of rights will help prevent the kind of infractions that nearly cost her a cross country skiing gold medal at the 2002 Olympics. ...
May 18, 2017
Legislative backlog prompts move to midnight sittings of Commons
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will be burning the midnight oil next month as the Trudeau government rushes to pass a sheaf of bills before the summer break. Government House leader Bardish Chagger se...
May 18, 2017
Rouhani looks to beat hard-liner as Iran prepares to vote
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani staked his political future on opening Iran ever so slightly to the outside world and overcoming hard-liners’ opposition to secure a historic nucl...
May 18, 2017
Brazil's Temer: 'I won't resign' amid corruption allegations
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian President Michel Temer on Thursday rejected calls for his resignation, saying he will fight allegations that he endorsed the paying of hush money to a former lawmaker jailed...
May 18, 2017
Black judge refuses to step down from white officer's trial
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Lawyers for a white Alabama police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black man are wrongly injecting race into the case, a black judge said Thursday when he refused a...
May 18, 2017
House speaker promises tax overhaul this year despite chaos
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan insisted on Thursday that Congress will overhaul the U.S. tax system this year despite the chaos consuming Washington and the political divisions in Congress. R...
May 18, 2017