Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bernier looks to strike some popular chords during first East Coast stops
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Maxime Bernier looked to garner support for his fledgling People’s Party of Canada Thursday as he spoke to a small business audience in New Brunswick - his first East Coast fo...
Jan 17, 2019
Top Canadian assistant referee Joe Fletcher retires, says time is right
TORONTO - After two World Cups and numerous other marquee soccer matches, Canada’s Joe Fletcher is retiring as an assistant referee. The 42-year-old Fletcher, from St. Catharines, Ont., by way o...
Jan 17, 2019
Project that kept more addicted patients in treatment expands across B.C.
VANCOUVER - A pilot project in Vancouver is being expanded across British Columbia after more than double the number of drug-addicted people stayed in treatment to prevent them from fatally overdosing...
Jan 17, 2019
Homeowners falling behind growing threat of climate-related catastrophes: study
Canadians aren’t keeping up with the need to protect their homes against catastrophic events made more common by climate change, says a coast-to-coast study from the University of Waterloo. R...
Jan 17, 2019
Prince Philip uninjured after car accident; queen's husband is 97
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, was involved in a car crash Thursday while driving in rural England but was not injured. Buckingham Palace said Philip, 97, was checked by a...
Jan 17, 2019
Cohen says he rigged online polls for Trump in 2014, 2015
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s estranged former lawyer acknowledged Thursday that he paid a technology company to rig Trump’s standing in two online polls before the presidential camp...
Jan 17, 2019
Olympic medallist snowboarder Max Parrot diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
MONTREAL - Olympic medallist snowboarder Max Parrot has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. Canada Snowboard made the announcement Thursday, saying the 24-year-old from Bro...
Jan 17, 2019
Canada faces tough decisions as Trump unveils ambitious missile-defence plan
OTTAWA - America’s allies will have to pay their share of a new missile-detection system, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday. That likely includes Canada, which might also be forced to re...
Jan 17, 2019
Gender discrimination persists in Canada's Indian Act, UN committee rules
Despite government efforts over the years to fix the situation, Canada’s Indian Act still discriminates against Indigenous women when it comes to passing on their status to their descendants, th...
Jan 17, 2019
Former Montreal Alouettes receiver Tim Maypray dies at the age of 30
Tim Maypray, who was a receiver with the Montreal Alouettes during their 2010 Grey Cup season, has died. He was 30. Virginia Military Institute, a school where Maypray played and later served as an as...
Jan 17, 2019