Category Archives: Canadian Press
NYC orders mandatory vaccines for some amid measles outbreak
NEW YORK - Health officials Tuesday ordered nearly everyone in a heavily Orthodox Jewish New York City neighbourhood to be vaccinated for measles or face fines, reviving a public-health strategy that ...
Apr 09, 2019
Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans signs extension
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed backup quarterback Dane Evans to an extension through the 2021 season. The 25-year-old native of Sanger, Texas dressed in all 18 regular-season games for...
Apr 09, 2019
Trapped in crate shipped from China: Hungry, resourceful cat found in B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - An orange tabby cat is likely to have used up more than a few of its nine lives during an unauthorized trip from China to British Columbia. The North Cariboo District Branch of t...
Apr 09, 2019
More scrutiny of defence intelligence operations needed, security committee says
OTTAWA - A national-security watchdog has called for stricter controls on the Canadian military’s spying, including the possibility of legislation spelling out when and how defence intelligence ...
Apr 09, 2019
Rapper Boosie Badazz faces drug, gun charges in Georgia
ATLANTA - The rapper Boosie Badazz and a passenger were jailed on drug and gun charges after being pulled over south of Atlanta. Coweta County jail records show the 36-year-old rapper faces charges of...
Apr 09, 2019
Nova Scotia's presumed-consent bill for organ donation poised to become law
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia legislation that presumes consent for organ donations is poised to become law, with a key official saying the new system will address concerns raised by civil libertarians and ot...
Apr 09, 2019
Wilson-Raybould urges restraint after supportive graffiti at constituency office
Vancouver police have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly using several cans of spray paint to express support for former federal attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould. Officers responded early M...
Apr 09, 2019
Trudeau violated MPs' rights with 'unilateral' expulsion: Philpott
OTTAWA - The Liberals’ efforts to put the SNC-Lavalin affair behind them were stymied once again Tuesday by the former cabinet ministers at the centre of the political storm, as Jane Philpott ar...
Apr 09, 2019
Putin says Mueller's probe validates Russia on no collusion
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin says special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation report validated Moscow’s repeated denials of collusion with U.S. between Pres...
Apr 09, 2019
Inside 12 days of turmoil that shook Homeland Security
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump had had it. The flow of migrants at the southern border was surging. Another caravan appeared to be forming. And his government had run out of holding space, forcin...
Apr 09, 2019