Category Archives: Canadian Press
Weaver, Poje return to competition after fall spent on Thank You Canada Tour
The Thank You Canada Tour was a chance for ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje to skate their competitive programs in front of audiences from coast to coast on a nightly basis for nearly two mo...
Jan 16, 2019
Calgary's Cavalry FC signs Brazilian attacker in advance of CPL kickoff
Calgary’s Cavalry FC has made Brazilian winger-forward Oliver Minatel its first international signing in advance of the Canadian Premier League’s inaugural season. The 26-year-old from Cam...
Jan 16, 2019
Veteran coach Jerry Glanville would certainly listen if Riders called him
TORONTO - Jerry Glanville is intrigued by the prospect of coaching the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Riders are in need of a head coach, defensive co-ordinator, general manager and vice-president of f...
Jan 16, 2019
B.C. chief says they didn't give up rights for gas pipeline to be built
SMITHERS, B.C. - No elected band council or Crown authority has jurisdiction over the land, a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief told a crowd of supporters and First Nations leaders gathered in...
Jan 16, 2019
Fed survey finds businesses worried by political uncertainty
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve said Wednesday business contacts in many regions of the country are expressing less optimism amid a host of adverse developments, from plunging stock prices to uncerta...
Jan 16, 2019
'It's a joke': Quebec comic Ward appeals $42K penalty for joke about disabled boy
MONTREAL - Comedians in Quebec will be afraid to make controversial jokes if a 2016 ruling against Mike Ward by the province’s Human Rights Tribunal is upheld, lawyer Julius Grey said Wednesday....
Jan 16, 2019
Colbert, Maddow are coveted slots for presidential wanna-bes
NEW YORK - Kirsten Gillibrand is hitting the television daily double this week. The New York senator announced her presidential candidacy on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” following ...
Jan 16, 2019
UN: At least 890 killed in December clashes in Congo
GENEVA - The U.N. human rights office says “credible sources” indicate that at least 890 people were killed last month during three days of clashes among villages in western Congo. Michell...
Jan 16, 2019
TV journalist Chris Hansen accused of bouncing checks
STAMFORD, Conn. - A TV journalist known for confronting would-be child predators has been snared himself in a police investigation alleging he wrote bad checks for $13,000 worth of marketing materials...
Jan 16, 2019
Defence chief Vance slated to testify this month in Vice-Admiral Norman case
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military officer is expected to take the stand later this month in a pre-trial hearing for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman’s lawyer, Marie Henein, said Gen. Jonathan...
Jan 16, 2019