Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada loses NAFTA court challenge, reviving environmental concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government has lost a court bid to overturn a NAFTA ruling involving a Nova Scotia quarry and marine terminal project, sparking renewed concerns about the trade deal’s effec...
May 02, 2018
Authorities hunt parolee who fled after motor home pursuit
LOS ANGELES - A paroled sex offender driving a motor home gave police the slip after a 3 1/2-hour chase through California by turning into an almond orchard and disappearing into a cloud of dust kicke...
May 02, 2018
Prosecutor blocks release of police file in teen's death
CINCINNATI - A prosecutor blocked the Cincinnati Police Department from releasing the results Wednesday of its internal probe into its failure to respond properly to a 16-year-old boy who died after t...
May 02, 2018
George Michael's family asks fans to remove memorial shrines
LONDON - George’s Michael’s family is asking fans to remove flowers, photos and other tributes left outside the late singer’s two homes. A grassy square across from Michael’s L...
May 02, 2018
Air Canada agrees to give free tickets to love-struck man -- with a catch
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A love-struck Michigan man has convinced Air Canada to give him free tickets to visit his Newfoundland girlfriend - if he can manage to make his campaign go viral. C.J. Poirie...
May 02, 2018
Environment minister misses deadline on parks management: wilderness group
OTTAWA - National parks advocates are frustrated that Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is nine months late responding to concerns over how the parks are managed. “We’re still waiting...
May 02, 2018
Rights group: 11,232 displaced in Mexico by violence
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican rights group says 11,232 people were forced to flee their homes due to drug gang violence in 2017. The Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights says res...
May 02, 2018
Refugee chocolatier names new bar after the Mi'kmaq word for peace
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A Canadian chocolate company founded by Syrian refugees has produced its first chocolate bar - and given it an Indigenous name. Peace by Chocolate of Antigonish, N.S., revealed Wedn...
May 02, 2018
Former high-level Montreal politician, construction magnate acquitted of fraud
MONTREAL - A high-ranking former Montreal politician as well as a construction industry magnate were among several people acquitted Wednesday in a fraud and conspiracy case involving a municipal land ...
May 02, 2018
'Diamonds in the rough' recruited for Olympic sport via Training Ground
Gavin Broadhead was training hard, but he didn’t know what for. The former centre with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers turned to crossfit and weightlifting after hockey bef...
May 02, 2018