Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau defends pace of peacekeeping deployments as next election looms
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government’s pace when it comes to deciding where to send hundreds of promised Canadian peacekeepers - a decision that could get even hard...
Dec 23, 2018
After criticism, Trump pushes out Mattis sooner than planned
WASHINGTON - Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier t...
Dec 23, 2018
Maple Leafs recall Trevor Moore from American Hockey League on emergency basis
TORONTO - Forward Trevor Moore was recalled by the Toronto Maple Leafs on an emergency basis on Sunday morning. The 23-year-old Moore has 17 goals and seven assists in 27 games with the American Hocke...
Dec 23, 2018
People around the world 'extremely disturbed' by detention of Canadians: Trudeau
OTTAWA - People around the world are “extremely disturbed” by China’s detention of two Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Mali this weekend as he called for Michael Kov...
Dec 23, 2018
Sabres broadcaster 'doing well' after being hospitalized
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The longtime voice of the Buffalo Sabres hasn’t been silenced after being wheeled out of the press box on a stretcher. Rick Jeanneret is “resting and doing well,” the...
Dec 23, 2018
To draw people back to church, make it relevant to them, church planters say
TORONTO - Congregants of Mercy City Church file out of a strip mall storefront that has been converted into a place of worship, carrying battery-operated flameless candles into the cold December night...
Dec 23, 2018
Enough outdoors to go around: Refugee prompts retailer to rethink advertising
Judith Kasiama has always loved nature and spending time in the outdoors. As a child in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as Zaire at that time, she could walk through the lush rainforest, swim ...
Dec 23, 2018
American cities look to Vancouver for overdose crisis response model
VANCOUVER - As an overdose crisis began taking shape in Denver, Colo., one of the places the city’s leaders looked for answers was north of the border. Coun. Albus Brooks says he hopped on a pla...
Dec 23, 2018
Months after false Hawaii missile alert, Canada 'finalizing' warning protocol
OTTAWA - Almost a year after a false ballistic missile alert terrified Hawaii, Canada is “finalizing” a protocol for notifying the public of a genuine airborne threat of mass destruction. ...
Dec 23, 2018
Three years on, many Syrian refugees find stressful path to Canadian citizenship
For Fouzia Al Hashish and thousands of other Syrian refugees, the time has come to put the finishing touches on their new national identity. The 23-year-old mother’s 2019 goal is already quite c...
Dec 23, 2018