Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec health minister announces pilot project to transfer patients by air
MONTREAL - Quebec’s health minister announced on Friday an 18-month pilot project to transfer patients between hospitals by helicopter, in what he said could be a first step towards establishing...
Jun 22, 2018
High Indigenous prison rate 'unacceptable': Supreme Court chief justice
OTTAWA - The over-representation of Indigenous people in prison is “unacceptable” and reveals a serious problem, says Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner. “That’s a terr...
Jun 22, 2018
Members of Manitoba First Nation to return home after forest fire
WINNIPEG - People who fled a First Nation in east-central Manitoba that was threatened by a massive wildfire are to start returning to their homes this weekend. The fly-in community of Little Grand Ra...
Jun 22, 2018
Applause in Alberta courtroom as charges dropped against man in rural shooting
OKOTOKS, Alta. - A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Friday as all charges were dropped against a man accused of firing shots at suspected thieves on his rural property in southern Alberta. The...
Jun 22, 2018
Lorne Grabher wins $750 from province amid lengthy battle over licence plate
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has to reimburse a retiree for a court skirmish over a report suggesting a licence plate bearing his last name supports sexual violence against women. Lorne Grabhe...
Jun 22, 2018
After losses to Scotland and Russia, Canadian men face tough test against U.S.
Canada and the U.S. have authored vastly different stories against the same teams during the June rugby international series. The 15th-ranked U.S. Eagles began by thumping No. 19 Russia 62-13 before e...
Jun 22, 2018
Jodouin joins Laurentian's baseball team, second woman to play for men's team
Julia Jodouin knew she was making waves when she was sitting in class at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School and a notification came up on her phone that Brian Bigger, the mayor of her hometown of ...
Jun 22, 2018
More than 1,000 charges laid against 75 people after Toronto police raids
TORONTO - More than 1,000 charges were laid against 75 members and associates of a Toronto-based gang after police seized guns, drugs and thousands of dollars in cash during a series of early morning ...
Jun 22, 2018
Young N.B. mom jailed for life in murder of teenager stabbed 200 times
MONCTON, N.B. - In a case that captured attention across the East Coast, a young mother has been sentenced to life in prison in the slaying of a Moncton, N.B., teen who had been stabbed about 200 time...
Jun 22, 2018
After lineup photographed, England urges media to help team
MOSCOW - A photo of a scribbled team lineup, spotted in the hands of an assistant coach, threatens to sour the unusually cordial World Cup relations between the England team and its travelling media p...
Jun 22, 2018