Category Archives: Canadian Press
Illicit drug deaths increase to near-record monthly levels in B.C.: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s death rate from illicit drug overdoses has spiked with the coroner recording 161 deaths in March. The figure is the second-highest toll behind the 162 deaths that w...
May 10, 2018
McDavid scores hat trick, Horvat adds two as Canada thumps Norway 5-0
HERNING, Denmark - Behind the net or falling to the ice, it doesn’t matter to Connor McDavid. Canada’s captain is a threat to score no matter where he gets the puck. McDavid had a hat tric...
May 10, 2018
Green party signs helping Liberals in B.C. led to violation: elections watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal elections watchdog says an unofficial partnership between the Greens and Liberals in a B.C. riding aimed at unseating a Conservative incumbent in the 2015 election led to an ̶...
May 10, 2018
Stevie Wonder plans shows to promote love, stop hate
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Stevie Wonder says he plans to play a series of shows in the coming months to celebrate life, love and music and push back against troubled times. He gave no specifics other t...
May 10, 2018
Mockingbird on Broadway will go on after lawsuit settlement
NEW YORK - The Broadway production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will open in December following the settlement of a lawsuit. The settlement was announced Thursday in a joint statement issued...
May 10, 2018
Blazers coach Don Hay retires; won 750 WHL games and 3 Memorial Cup in career
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Kamloops Blazers have announced that three-time Memorial Cup winner Don Hay is retiring as head coach. Hay will remain with the Western Hockey League team in an advisory role. He ...
May 10, 2018
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco tops MLS salary list at US$7,115,556
TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco tops Major League Soccer with a salary of US$7,115,556 this season with Toronto FC teammate and captain Michael Bradley second at $6.5 million. The figures were released T...
May 10, 2018
Feds aim to close gap by unveiling victims' bill of rights for military cases
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to close what some consider significant and long-standing gaps within the country’s military court system with a new declaration of the rights of vic...
May 10, 2018
Grain handling group says CP Rail unfairly sharing blame for transport ills
CALGARY - The onus for improving grain transportation in Canada is not just on the railways, but will require investment from the “bookends” of the system - the elevators that load the gra...
May 10, 2018
Canada Summer jobs controversy fuels anti-abortion movement: activists
OTTAWA - Anti-abortion activists say the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program has given added momentum to their cause. Thousands of d...
May 10, 2018