Category Archives: Canadian Press

Regina inmate given 'hurt feelings report' calling them a whiner: advocate
REGINA - A group that advocates on behalf of prisoners says a Regina inmate was given an insulting complaint form that called them a whiner. Sherri Maier, a legal assistant who also works for Beyond P...
Jul 18, 2018
New national campaign launched to reduce household food waste
MONTREAL - Every day, an estimated 2.4 million Canadian potatoes are thrown in the trash. That’s along with 1.2 million apples, one million cups of milk, 750,000 loaves of bread and 450,000 eggs...
Jul 18, 2018
Parks Canada looks to shine light on cloudy future for historic sites
OTTAWA - Sunny ways? Not so much at Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s historic home. The small structure north of Montreal has seen a sharp decline in attendance, to 623 visitors in 2016 from about 2,600 in...
Jul 18, 2018

Raptors' DeRozan-Leonard deal takes its place among massive Toronto trades
TORONTO - The blockbuster deal that saw the Toronto Raptors send all-star guard DeMar DeRozan to the San Antonio Spurs for 2014 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard is one of the biggest in the city’s h...
Jul 18, 2018

Play opening Thursday remembers Jon Lien, the 'whale man of Newfoundland'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The famous “whale man of Newfoundland” is being remembered in a new play opening in St. John’s this week. “Between Breaths” follows scientist Jon...
Jul 18, 2018
More Montreal deaths may have been caused by heat
Montreal health authorities now say 53 deaths in the city may be attributable to a heat wave earlier this month. The new number could mean as many as 89 Quebecers died as a result of heat-related comp...
Jul 18, 2018

Report: Weather was deteriorating before Alaska plane crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A pilot flying in rapidly deteriorating weather in Alaska confused snow on a mountain with a body of water before crashing a floatplane with 10 passengers onto the rocky mountainsi...
Jul 18, 2018

Winnipeg voters could vote on future of downtown intersection Portage and Main
WINNIPEG - For decades, Winnipeg residents have debated the idea of allowing pedestrians to once again cross a downtown intersection many consider iconic. This fall, they may be able to vote on it. Ma...
Jul 18, 2018
Police shouldn't investigate their own street-check policy: rights advocates
VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil rights groups complain that the Vancouver Police Department should not be responsible for investigating itself over the issue of significant racial disparity in the de...
Jul 18, 2018

Police, family ask for clues in finding 13-year-old B.C. girl's killer
BURNABY, B.C. - One year after 13-year-old Marrisa Shen was murdered in Burnaby, B.C., police insist they haven’t given up on the case and her family is pleading for the public’s help find...
Jul 18, 2018