Category Archives: Canadian Press
Scandal-plagued CBS grants $20M to 18 women's rights groups
NEW YORK - CBS on Friday pledged to give $20 million to 18 organizations dedicated to eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace as the network tries to recover from a scandal that led to the oust...
Dec 14, 2018
Montreal mayor applauds baseball study but will seek citizen input on stadium funds
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante says she’s thrilled with progress made by a group seeking to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal but remains cautious about committing public money to the ...
Dec 14, 2018
State lawmakers urge clemency for woman convicted as teen
NASHVILLE - Several Democratic Tennessee lawmakers are urging Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to grant clemency to a woman convicted of murdering a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute. Newly elected...
Dec 14, 2018
World Sikh Organization demands Canada prove Sikh extremism is a threat
OTTAWA - Canada’s public-safety ministry will reconsider the way Sikh organizations are described in a recent report outlining terror threats in Canada, the department’s minister Ralph Goo...
Dec 14, 2018
Toronto FC trades backup 'keeper Clint Irwin, acquires versatile vet Nick DeLeon
Toronto FC picked up versatile veteran Nick DeLeon and shipped out backup goalkeeper Clint Irwin on Friday. The 28-year-old DeLeon, who played 180 regular-season games for D.C. United over the last se...
Dec 14, 2018
Two Manitoba Party activists want judge to oust Steven Fletcher as leader
WINNIPEG - Two activists with the fledgling Manitoba Party are asking the Court of Queen’s Bench to remove Steven Fletcher as leader, alleging the former federal cabinet minister was handed the ...
Dec 14, 2018
Mike Duffy can't sue Senate over suspension without pay, judge rules
OTTAWA - An Ontario judge has delivered a blow to Sen. Mike Duffy in his bid for financial restitution over his dramatic and protracted suspension without pay five years ago, removing the Senate as a ...
Dec 14, 2018
Halifax middleweight Moncef (Buddy) Askri returns to ring after 11-year absence
TORONTO - It’s been 11 years since Moncef (Buddy) Askri walked away from boxing, leaving a 10-0-0 record in his trail. Now 37, the Halifax middleweight is finally returning to the ring. And what...
Dec 14, 2018
Canada will 'shortly' see Spavor, second detained Canadian in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats will be granted access “shortly” to the second Canadian detained in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday, as he predicted consequences for Canada...
Dec 14, 2018
'Blind' Thunder Bay police services board disbanded over racism crisis
The police services board in Thunder Bay, Ont., was disbanded and an administrator appointed in its place on Friday after a report found relations between the force and the city’s Indigenous com...
Dec 14, 2018