Category Archives: Canadian Press
New Wolfpack players enjoying Toronto as rugby league team makes short visit home
TORONTO - Twelve games into their season, the Toronto Wolfpack are finally home - if only for five days with a match at a stopgap venue. After hosting Swinton Lions (0-10-1) at Fletcher̵...
May 04, 2018
Harvey Weinstein denies all sexual assault allegations by Toronto woman
TORONTO - Harvey Weinstein has asked an Ontario court to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a Toronto actress, arguing in court documents that he ...
May 04, 2018
Toronto is latest Canadian city to crackdown on payday lending outlets
TORONTO - Canada’s largest city is the latest of a host of municipalities to crack down on payday lenders with bylaws to impose restrictions on their business activities...
May 04, 2018
Toronto makeup artist hopes his viral grad photo stokes talk about gender norms
TORONTO - High schooler Kevin Kodra hopes his glamorous viral graduation photo gets people thinking beyond the borders of gender norms. The 18-year-old Toronto makeup artist watched his social me...
May 04, 2018
Aecon bows out of bid team vying for contract for Gordie Howe bridge
OTTAWA - A Canadian construction firm that could be swallowed up by a Chinese state-owned company says it will no longer be part of a private group bidding to build and operate a new bridge betwe...
May 04, 2018
Dwindling caribou herds in Alberta, B.C. face dire threat: federal government
EDMONTON - The federal government is one step away from moving in to protect dwindling caribou herds in Alberta and British Columbia after finding them under imminent threat. The finding, re...
May 04, 2018
Former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Paul Dick dies at age 77
OTTAWA - Paul Dick, a former Progressive Conservative MP and Mulroney-era cabinet minister, has died at the age of 77. His family says in a statement he died of a heart attack at home on Wednesda...
May 04, 2018
Cynthia Nixon tax returns: $1.9M income, $53K in donations
ALBANY, N.Y. - “Sex and the City” star and New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon released tax returns on Friday showing she and her wife had an income of $1.9 million last year an...
May 04, 2018
By the numbers: New Brunswick’s record-setting flood
FREDERICTON - Some key numbers Friday from flooded New Brunswick: 306,000: Sandbags distributed so far across the province. 15,000: Sandbags distributed in Saint John. 100: Tonnes of sand used so far....
May 04, 2018
Canadian baseball players in the big leagues more likely to bat left: study
TORONTO - Canada produces more Major League Baseball players who bat left compared to any other country, a new study from Canadian researchers indicates. The finding lends some credence to the theory ...
May 04, 2018