Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec court rejects Turcotte's bid to be eligible for parole before 17 years
MONTREAL - Quebec’s Court of Appeal has unanimously rejected child-killer Guy Turcotte’s bid to reduce the number of years he must serve in prison before being eligible for parole. In a ru...
Jun 28, 2018
Calgary's Lee posts two match-play wins to reach round of 16 at British Amateur
SOUTHPORT, England - Canada’s Jaclyn Lee posted two match-play victories Thursday to reach the round of 16 at the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. Lee beat Pauline Roussin-Boucha...
Jun 28, 2018
Doctor who induced labour without patients' consent loses right to practise in Ontario
TORONTO - An obstetrician who admitted to inducing labour in numerous patients without their knowledge or consent violated core tenets of the profession and denied women in his care some of their basi...
Jun 28, 2018
Woodbine CEO Lawson putting on CFL hat in trying to grow Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Jim Lawson is using a very familiar model as he builds the $1-million Queen’s Plate. Woodbine Entertainment Group’s chief executive officer also serves as chairman of the CFLR...
Jun 28, 2018
Bruce McArthur had low risk for violence in 2003, says psychological report
TORONTO - Bruce McArthur had a low risk for violence 15 years ago, says a recently released psychological report conducted after the now-accused serial killer assaulted a man with a pipe. The 66-year-...
Jun 28, 2018
Facing Cuomo, Nixon looks to Ocasio-Cortez win
ALBANY, N.Y. - Up against an entrenched incumbent with a $30 million war chest, Cynthia Nixon is taking inspiration from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s long-shot victory in Tuesday’s Democrati...
Jun 28, 2018
Bacchus and Outlaws biker gangs expanding in Newfoundland, RCMP say
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The expansion of two outlaw motorcycle gangs in Newfoundland and Labrador has drawn the attention of top law enforcement officials. RCMP Staff-Sgt. Stephen Conohan said the Ba...
Jun 28, 2018
Judge denies bail to N.S. teen convicted of 'disturbing' attempt to kill family
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has denied bail to a teenager who locked her adoptive family in their rooms and attempted to burn down the house. The provincial Court of Appeal decision said the “...
Jun 28, 2018
Slavery scholar Willie Lee Rose dead at 91
NEW YORK - A groundbreaking scholar on slavery and Reconstruction has died. Willie Lee Rose was 91. Rose died in her sleep June 20 at a Baltimore retirement community, Johns Hopkins University told Th...
Jun 28, 2018
Military panels should have gender parity, advocate says after N.S. acquittal
HALIFAX - An advocate for sexual assault survivors is calling on the military to incorporate gender parity on court martial panels, after a five-men panel found a Halifax-based military policeman not ...
Jun 28, 2018