Category Archives: Canadian Press
Newfoundland high schooler faces three separate sexual assault trials
STEPHENVILLE, N.L. - A teenager is in court this week for the first of three trials on sexual assault allegations that shook a Newfoundland high school and spurred the province to update safety polici...
Jun 05, 2018
GOP leader McConnell cancels most of Senate's August recess
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he was cancelling most of the Senate’s time-honoured August recess, an election-year move that could help lawmakers confirm more ...
Jun 05, 2018
Rookie Trumaine Washington not dwelling upon impressive start with Argos
TORONTO - Trumaine Washington isn’t dwelling upon his impressive performance Friday night with the Toronto Argonauts. The rookie defensive back was rock solid in Toronto’s 36-18 exhibition...
Jun 05, 2018
Marlins select Canadian outfielder Pompey in third round of MLB draft
Canadian Tristan Pompey was selected by the Miami Marlins in the third round of the MLB draft Tuesday while fellow countryman RJ Freure went to Houston in the sixth round. The two players bring the to...
Jun 05, 2018
Two people killed two Edmonton convenience store workers on same night: Crown
EDMONTON - Karanpal Singh Bhangu and Ricky Cenabre met the same fate minutes apart while working alone on a night shift at two different Mac’s convenience stores in south Edmonton. Each clerk wa...
Jun 05, 2018
Patients stuck at Halifax forensic hospital for years, rights inquiry told
HALIFAX - Patients who had been conditionally released from a Halifax forensic psychiatric hospital weren’t allowed to leave because they were stuck on waiting lists for up to six years for a su...
Jun 05, 2018
Sajjan defends delay in completion of inquiry into military college suicides
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is sticking up for his department in the face of angry complaints from family members who want to see the results of an internal inquiry into the deaths of thre...
Jun 05, 2018
Quebec anti-corruption unit denies report that case is being delayed by Crown
MONTREAL - Quebec police authorities as well as the Crown have denied a media report alleging an investigation by the province’s anti-corruption unit targeting ex-Liberal party fundraisers is be...
Jun 05, 2018
N.S. looking for more foster parents, especially African Nova Scotians
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia needs more foster parents - with a particular emphasis on African Nova Scotians - even after the recruitment of 80 new foster parents, officials told a legislature committee on T...
Jun 05, 2018
La Loche school shooter convicted of killing 4, injuring 7, to appeal sentence
REGINA - The mother of a teacher’s aide who died in a shooting at a northern Saskatchewan school says she’s disappointed her daughter’s killer is filing an appeal. The young man who ...
Jun 05, 2018