Category Archives: Canadian Press

Germany appeals to Russia to allow entry of journalist
BERLIN - Germany has appealed to the Russian government to let in a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics and was denied entry to Russia to report on the upcoming World Cup. A ...
May 14, 2018

Israeli soccer club says it wants to add Trump to its name
JERUSALEM - Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem says it wants to add “Trump” to the team’s name. The club’s social media accounts say the team “from now on will be calle...
May 14, 2018

Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball a...
May 14, 2018
University condemned for handling of residential-schools course controversy
HALIFAX - A group of Canadian professors is speaking out against a Halifax university’s handling of a residential-schools course imbroglio, saying the race or ethnicity of a professor ...
May 14, 2018
Cannes' leaders sign pledge to improve gender equality
CANNES, France - The leaders of the Cannes Film Festival have signed a gender equality pledge promising to make their selection process more transparent and to push their executive boards toward gende...
May 14, 2018

Fox to add Tim Allen's 'Last Man Standing' to fall lineup
NEW YORK - Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing,” cancelled last year by ABC, is being resurrected by Fox next season because it’s a “great comedy” and not as a conservat...
May 14, 2018

Aurora Cannabis to buy rival MedReleaf in $3.2B record-breaking deal
TORONTO - Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s $3.2 billion all-stock offer to take over rival licensed marijuana producer MedReleaf will create what the target company̵...
May 14, 2018
Canadian aid worker charged with child sexual abuse in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A prominent Canadian aid worker has been arrested at his mountain villa in Nepal and charged with sexually abusing children, an official said Monday. Central Investigation Bureau ch...
May 14, 2018

Drake announces 41-date tour with Migos
LOS ANGELES - Drake is going on tour. The 31-year-old announced the “Aubrey and The Three Amigos Tour” on Monday. Drake will be joined by “Walk It Talk It” collaborators Migos ...
May 14, 2018

Many New Brunswickers face choice after record flooding: clean up, or move
MAUGERVILLE, N.B. - For exhausted residents of the riverside communities of southern New Brunswick, the stressful process of cleaning up damaged properties and considering their future is underwa...
May 14, 2018