Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds announce new monitoring of vessel noise impacts on endangered whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will monitor underwater ship noise in British Columbia’s Salish Sea to help develop measures to support the recovery of endangered southern resident ki...
Oct 22, 2018
Manitoba Tory backbencher forced out after 'pattern of inappropriate behaviour'
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba government backbencher who made inappropriate comments to female staff has been ousted from the Progressive Conservative caucus. Caucus chair Wayne Ewasko said he and his colleag...
Oct 22, 2018
Desmond, Flanagan, Graney on Frick Award ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Former New York Yankees and Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers broadcaster Connie Desmond is among eight candidates for the Hall of Fame’s 2019 Ford Frick Award for excellence in ba...
Oct 22, 2018
"Frasier" actor Grammer on North Carolina TV for referendum
RALEIGH, N.C. - “Frasier” actor Kelsey Grammer is seeking to give a boost to a crime victims’ amendment on North Carolina ballots by appearing in a television commercial. The pro-ame...
Oct 22, 2018
Toronto police have shut down 11 unlicensed pot shops since legalization
TORONTO - A total of 11 unlicensed marijuana dispensaries have been shut down in Toronto since recreational cannabis became legal last week, police said Monday. Twenty-one people have been charged and...
Oct 22, 2018
Online maps show impact of climate change on Canada's boreal forests
WINNIPEG - New online maps let viewers zero in on how climate change will affect their part of Canada’s boreal forest. “It’s designed to give information that’s relevant to peo...
Oct 22, 2018
Avs winger Landeskog, Oilers centre McDavid, Knights goalie Fleury named NHL 3 stars
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche winger Gabriel Landeskog, Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Landesk...
Oct 22, 2018
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit
LOS ANGELES - Porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm, a California judge ruled Monday in an order that holds...
Oct 22, 2018
Clement says Canada should use Magnitsky Act sanctions in Khashoggi case
OTTAWA - Canada should invoke the new Magnitsky Act to sanction those responsible for the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the official Opposition said Monday. Conservative justi...
Oct 22, 2018
Customers raise concerns over 'excessive' legal cannabis packaging
HALIFAX - Some cannabis buyers are complaining the bulky packaging is environmentally unfriendly, but producers say government guidelines are to blame. Greg MacLean, who picked up some newly legal can...
Oct 22, 2018