Category Archives: Canadian Press
First Nation sues Alberta, says oilsands project threatens sacred site
EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation is suing the province over development approvals that the band says threaten sacred land the government has promised to protect. “We will not stand idly by and...
Dec 11, 2018
Cosby lawyers detail 11 alleged trial errors as they appeal
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby’s lawyers detailed nearly a dozen alleged legal errors Tuesday, including the judge’s decision to send the case to trial, as they appeal his sexual assault convic...
Dec 11, 2018
Christmas tree farmers' campaign: Buy real, not artificial
TUALATIN, Ore. - Rosa Villarreal’s three young sons jumped and ran around the field of Christmas trees like jackrabbits, their excitement palpable as they raced from evergreen to evergreen. The ...
Dec 11, 2018
No flood of extremist returnees to Canada expected, federal report says
OTTAWA - There has been no surge of extremist travellers returning to Canada, despite the overseas setbacks suffered by militant forces in Iraq and Syria, a new federal report says. The annual report ...
Dec 11, 2018
Valour FC makes English striker Stephen Hoyle its first international signing
Stephen Hoyle got a taste of Canada during a brief tryout with Toronto FC in 2013. Now the English striker is looking forward to settling in Winnipeg as Valour FC’s first international signing. ...
Dec 11, 2018
Quebec adoptees finally getting some long-sought answers about their roots
CHAMBLY, Que. - For Raymonde Thibeault, it was the little details others took for granted about their roots that weighed on her. Adopted on Christmas Day 1955 just weeks after her birth, she knew noth...
Dec 11, 2018
Feds given green light to award warship contract after tribunal reverses course
OTTAWA - The federal government can award a contract to design the country’s $60-billion fleet of new warships after a trade tribunal reversed an earlier order not to finish the deal. The Canadi...
Dec 11, 2018
Canadian physicist who won Nobel Prize touts science for the sake of science
Winning a Nobel Prize changed nearly everything about Donna Strickland’s professional life except the principles that helped shape it in the first place. The University of Waterloo professor has...
Dec 11, 2018
Jayson Stark wins Hall of Fame's Spink Award
LAS VEGAS - Jayson Stark, acclaimed for mixing humour with impeccable knowledge during more than four decades of commentary, has won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseba...
Dec 11, 2018
David Shoemaker named chief executive officer of Canadian Olympic Committee
David Shoemaker’s inside knowledge of Beijing should be an asset for Canadian athletes competing there in 2022. Shoemaker, named chief executive officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee on Tues...
Dec 11, 2018