Category Archives: Canadian Press
UK panel finds lives shortened by hospital's opioid use
LONDON - As many as 650 people had their lives shortened by a British hospital’s institutionalized practice of administering opioids without medical justification between 1989 and 2000, an indep...
Jun 20, 2018
Navy submarine HMCS Windsor returns to Halifax after five-month deployment
HALIFAX - About a dozen uniformed sailors stood atop the navy submarine HMCS Windsor on Wednesday, as it glided through sparkling blue water towards Halifax’s naval base following a nearly five-...
Jun 20, 2018
Live animals, meat, ivory, wood seized in trafficking stings
PARIS - Thousands of live animals along with tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber were seized in a monthlong global crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade that Interpol said exposed the in...
Jun 20, 2018
In the news today, June 20
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 20 --- SENATE APPROVES BILL TO LEGALIZE POT Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest, a...
Jun 20, 2018
Fans grieve as detectives search for XXXTentacion's killers
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - For hours, the fans came in a steady stream to mourn and pay their respects at the spot where rapper XXXTentacion was gunned down, some leaving behind expressions of sympathy a...
Jun 20, 2018
Alberta court hears arguments from both sides of gay-straight alliance law
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - In the first court challenge against Alberta’s gay-straight alliance rules, lawyers on both sides argued children will be harmed if the judge’s decision doesn’t...
Jun 20, 2018
B.C. woman asks court to reverse verdict for taking girl across border for sex
VANCOUVER - A woman convicted of taking a 13-year-old girl across the border for a sexual purpose likely didn’t know the reason for the trip because she was expected to follow orders from her hu...
Jun 20, 2018
Eritrea sending delegation to rival Ethiopia for peace talks
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Eritrea’s president announced Wednesday he is sending a rare delegation to neighbouring Ethiopia for peace talks, days after Ethiopia’s new prime minister took a ma...
Jun 20, 2018
A by-the-numbers look at what 5G wireless could mean for Canada's economy
OTTAWA - A study commissioned by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association lays out the potential benefits from the deployment of powerful, ultra-fast 5G wireless networks. A look at the fi...
Jun 19, 2018
Study seeking cause of Crohn's disease hopes to develop predictive test
TORONTO - With three brothers affected by either Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, Kathleen Crispi knows she is at high risk of developing one of the literally gut-wrenching conditions know...
Jun 19, 2018