Category Archives: Canadian Press
In the news today, March 21
Four stories in the news for Thursday, March 21 --- BRONCOS FAMILIES AWAIT SENTENCING FOR TRUCK DRIVER Family members forever changed by the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash are speaking out before F...
Mar 21, 2019
Scientists fear communications chill in polarized media landscape
VANCOUVER - A marine mammal scientist in Vancouver says he thinks his work has been misrepresented online and he’s worried it’s part of a trend that has him and his colleagues questioning ...
Mar 21, 2019
Excerpts from the Humboldt Broncos victim impact statements submitted to court
MELFORT, Sask. - The driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus will be sentenced Friday. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has pleaded guilty to dangerous dri...
Mar 21, 2019
Legault government has long list of promises to fulfil with first budget today
QUEBEC - After five months in power, Francois Legault’s Coalition Avenir Quebec government will lay out its true priorities today as it tables its first budget. Legault has raised expectations w...
Mar 21, 2019
Trans woman hopes funding cut will send message to Vancouver rape crisis group
VANCOUVER - A transgender woman whose case against Canada’s oldest rape crisis centre was dismissed by the courts says she hopes the City of Vancouver’s decision to refuse the shelter fund...
Mar 21, 2019
As MPs pull all-nighter, Philpott breathes fresh life into SNC-Lavalin scandal
OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Jane Philpott fanned the flames of the SNC-Lavalin fire Thursday as Liberals struggled to douse the controversy and focus Canadians’ attention on their pre-elect...
Mar 21, 2019
'It has to send a message:' Broncos families await sentencing for truck driver
Kevin Matechuk says he will never, never forgive the semi driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Matechuk’s 19-year-old son Layne of Colonsay, Sask., is still coping with a bra...
Mar 21, 2019
European shares shaken by Brexit jitters after gains in Asia
BANGKOK - Shares were mixed in Europe on Thursday after a day of gains in Asia spurred by the Federal Reserve’s promise not to raise interest rates during this year. Britain’s FTSE 100 add...
Mar 21, 2019
Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro finish seventh in pairs
SAITAMA, Japan - Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro finished in seventh in pairs on Thursday at the world figure skating championships. Moore-Towers, of St. Catharines, Ont., and...
Mar 21, 2019
Australia moving 2,000 people from powerful cyclone's path
SYDNEY, Australia - About 2,000 Australians were being moved inland Thursday from part of the northern coast ahead of a powerful cyclone expected to hit this weekend. Evacuees were being moved by air ...
Mar 21, 2019