Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau expected to shuffle federal cabinet Monday: source
OTTAWA - A senior government official says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle the federal cabinet on Monday. This will be the third time the prime minister switches up his roster thi...
Mar 16, 2019
Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk earns first World Cup triathlon competition
MOOLOOLABA, Australia - Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk captured his first triathlon World Cup event Saturday. The resident of Oak Bluff, Man., topped a field of 67 competitors to win one of the prestigious...
Mar 16, 2019
Impact midfielder Taider to play in two games for Algerian national side
Montreal Impact midfielder Saphir Taider will play in two games for the Algerian national team. The Impact made the announcement Saturday. Taider, 27, will play in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifi...
Mar 16, 2019
Police: Body in Minnesota appears to be missing 2-year-old
MILWAUKEE - A child’s body found wrapped in a blanket along a Minnesota highway is believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom police have said was fatally shot by her former pimp...
Mar 16, 2019
Canada drawn into tough World Cup group with Lithuania, Australia and Senegal
Canada might have been drawn into arguably the toughest group for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, but Rowan Barrett isn’t complaining. With a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on the line, Canada’...
Mar 16, 2019
19 years after her murder in India, husband still haunted by wife's last words
VANCOUVER - The last words Sukhwinder Singh Mithu remembers from his wife were a plea to her killers. “Don’t hurt my Mithu. Don’t hit him,” he recalls Jaswinder (Jassi) Kaur Si...
Mar 16, 2019
New Manitoba consultant was behind sweeping education changes in Nova Scotia
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be getting advice on education reform from a consultant who recently prompted Nova Scotia to eliminate elected school boards and make other sweeping changes. Av...
Mar 16, 2019
Migrant farm worker review prompts renewed calls for reforms, protections
OTTAWA - In midsummer 2018, while many Canadians were enjoying cold drinks on a hot day, a group of migrant farm labourers in Southern Ontario made a desperate phone call. The workers had been recruit...
Mar 16, 2019
Australian premier sides with egger against egged senator
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister on Sunday suggested an anti-Muslim senator should be charged after he slapped a teen who cracked a raw egg over the legislator’s head. Sen....
Mar 16, 2019
Canada drawn into tough World Cup group with Lithuania, Australia and Senegal
Canada was drawn into a tough Group H for the 2019 FIBA World Cup alongside Lithuania, Australia and Senegal. Canada is No. 23 on the FIBA rankings. Lithuania is No. 6, Australia is No. 11, and Senega...
Mar 16, 2019