Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec contacting women with textured breast implants to warn of cancer risk
MONTREAL - The Quebec Health Department wants the thousands of women in the province who have received textured breast implants since 1995 to be warned of a potential cancer risk. The government has a...
Mar 04, 2019
Assoun calls for inquiry into wrongful conviction that led to his imprisonment
HALIFAX - Glen Assoun says he wants a public inquiry to determine what led to his wrongful conviction for murder in 1999 and imprisonment for almost 17 years, saying he is afraid the case will be R...
Mar 04, 2019
Police: Thief steals Remy Martin liquor bottle worth $4,000
SEEKONK, Mass. - Police are searching for a thief with expensive taste in Massachusetts. Chris Gasbarro’s Fine Wine and Spirits in Seekonk says someone stole a $4,000 bottle of the Remy Martin L...
Mar 04, 2019
'I have lost confidence': Jane Philpott's cabinet resignation letter
OTTAWA - Jane Philpott suddenly resigned from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet Monday, linking her decision to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. Below is the full text of her letter to Trudeau, a...
Mar 04, 2019
Scoring, comebacks up as NHL GMs trumpet health of the game at meetings
BOCA RATON, Fla. - NHL general managers came to Florida at this time last year looking for clarity and consistency on goalie interference. In between their golf outings, fishing trips and pool-side ch...
Mar 04, 2019
Small business to get rebates for some of the cost of energy efficiency projects
OTTAWA - The federal government’s plan to ease the carbon-price burden on small businesses will include rebate payments to cover some of the cost of making energy-efficiency upgrades. Environmen...
Mar 04, 2019
Tamron Hall gets a new talk show, announces baby news
LOS ANGELES - Tamron Hall is having a baby and getting her own talk show. The former NBC “Today” show anchor and host tweeted Monday that she’s pregnant. She wrote that she was ̶...
Mar 04, 2019
Feds hope to break deadlock with new location for Afghan war memorial
OTTAWA - The federal government hopes it has finally locked down a new location for a promised national memorial for the war in Afghanistan, with a Veterans Affairs Canada source telling The Canadian ...
Mar 04, 2019
Defence to present case at Oland murder trial, accused killer to take stand
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Lawyers representing accused killer Dennis Oland will begin presenting the case for the defence on Tuesday, arguing the circumstantial evidence against their client does not support...
Mar 04, 2019
GM restructuring: Production ending at Ohio plant this week
TOLEDO, Ohio - General Motors will end production this week at the first of five North American plants it wants to close by early next year as part of a companywide restructuring. The last American-ma...
Mar 04, 2019