Category Archives: Canadian Press
Indigenous groups say Quebec police protest tactic a form of intimidation
MONTREAL - A controversial red badge worn by provincial police officers expressing solidarity with colleagues alleged to have abused Indigenous women drew a cautious response this week from Quebec pol...
Sep 28, 2018
Ontario seeks extension on overdose prevention sites as it decides fate of facilities
TORONTO - The Ontario government is asking Ottawa to extend an exemption that would allow overdose prevention sites to continue operating in the province while it decides the fate of the facilities. T...
Sep 28, 2018
Rough fourth quarter dooms Canada in loss to Spain in World Cup quarterfinal
TENERIFE, Spain - The Canadian women’s basketball team simply couldn’t stop the home side’s run in the fourth quarter on Friday. As a result, Canada fell short of its goal of advanci...
Sep 28, 2018
Edmonton Eskimos, Winnipeg Blue Bombers ready for huge West Division contest
EDMONTON - The silver lining to the Grey Cup cloud that has seen the Edmonton Eskimos fall back into the West Division pack over their last six games is they can get a foothold and stop the slide agai...
Sep 28, 2018
Hamilton Tiger-Cats face B.C. Lions in yet another back-to-back scenario
HAMILTON - Nikita Whitlock is happy to face the B.C. Lions again. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats host B.C. on Saturday to complete a home-and-home series after the Lions rallied to win 35-32 in overtime last...
Sep 28, 2018
Experts say 'the talk' for boys needs to change in the #MeToo era
It’s a family exercise so universally uncomfortable, neither parents nor children dare speak its subject by name: having “the talk.” But nearly one year into the #MeToo movement, the...
Sep 28, 2018
Canadiens defenceman Schlemko out up to six weeks with knee injury
BROSSARD, Que. - Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Schlemko will be out up to six weeks with a knee injury, head coach Claude Julien said Friday. Julien said Schlemko injured his knee in Montreal...
Sep 28, 2018
NAFTA talks intensify as Freeland, negotiators push hard for breakthrough
OTTAWA - Sources say Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her team of negotiators are engaged in an intensive, late-stage effort to get Canada back into a trilateral trade deal with the Unit...
Sep 28, 2018
Court drops bomb by ruling against constitutionality of military justice system
OTTAWA - Canada’s military justice system is in danger of being blown up following a bombshell court ruling that found the current process of trying service members for serious civil crimes - in...
Sep 28, 2018
Colombians say alleged Nova Scotia killer was a drug cartel kingpin
A Halifax-area man accused of murder was allegedly one of the kingpins of a Colombian drug cartel before he was arrested on a Venezuelan beach and extradited back to Canada, officials in South America...
Sep 28, 2018