Category Archives: Canadian Press
UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed
LONDON - British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confid...
Jan 15, 2019
Analysis: China pulling out all stops in Canada tensions
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government is sparing no expense to its international reputation in its determination to force Canada to back down over the case of a Chinese telecommuni...
Jan 15, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill agrees to three-year extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed star linebacker Adam Bighill to a three-year extension. Bighill, who could have become a free agent next month, was named the CFL’s most outstand...
Jan 15, 2019
Film about legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk to hit screens in March
TORONTO - A biopic tracing the brutal life and extraordinary career of goaltender Terry Sawchuk is hitting the big screen in March. “Goalie” stars Mark O’Brien as the Winnipeg-born h...
Jan 15, 2019
Canada's Andreescu, Bouchard, Shapovalov, Raonic win openers at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu continued her stellar start to the 2019 season, advancing to the second round of the Australian Open after a lengthy, three-set victory over A...
Jan 15, 2019
VW, Ford team up on pickups, explore deal on electrics
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen and Ford say they’re forming a global alliance in which they will develop commercial vans and medium-sized pickups together while exploring broader co-operation on future ...
Jan 15, 2019
Death toll in Nairobi attack climbs to 21, plus 5 attackers
NAIROBI, Kenya - The death toll from an extremist attack on a luxury hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi climbed to 21, plus the five militants killed, police said Wednesday in the aftermath of the ...
Jan 15, 2019
Kim Kardashian confirms she and Kanye expecting 4th child
NEW YORK - Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their fourth child. Kardashian confirmed the surrogate pregnancy during an appearance Monday on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live with...
Jan 15, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 15
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 15 --- SAUDI TEEN GRANTED ASYLUM IN CANADA TO SPEAK TODAY A Saudi teen whose flight from her allegedly abusive family captured global attention will give a p...
Jan 15, 2019
Freeland, McCallum decry China death sentence, tout growing support of allies
Canada shot back at China on Tuesday, branding the death sentence imposed on a British Columbia man as inhumane and flaunting the support of its allies in trying to win the release of two other impris...
Jan 15, 2019