Category Archives: Canadian Press
Conservative MP wants entire Canadian border designated official port of entry
OTTAWA - The entire Canada-U.S. border should be designated as an official port of entry to help stop the flow of illegal migrants into Canada, says Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel. Ma...
Apr 19, 2018
Why a 14-year-old will lead the charge at annual marijuana protest on the Hill
OTTAWA - At the age of 11, Emma Boniface watched her mother lose herself in the grasp of an opioid addiction. Diagnosed with a debilitating spinal condition in 2013, Genevieve Gendron was prescribed f...
Apr 19, 2018
Hundreds apply to see or block the opening of adoption records in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Just weeks after the New Brunswick government opened a century of adoption records there is growing interest from people who want to know more about their past, and those who want that i...
Apr 19, 2018
Trump's divisive pick to run NASA wins narrow confirmation
WASHINGTON - NASA’s latest nail-biting drama was far from orbit as the Senate narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump’s choice of a tea party congressman to run the space agency in an un...
Apr 19, 2018
Alberta university criticized for plan to bestow honorary degree on David Suzuki
EDMONTON - The University of Alberta is being criticized for its decision to give David Suzuki an honorary degree. Earlier this month, the university announced that the longtime environmentalist will ...
Apr 19, 2018
Man accused of killing Abbotsford, B.C., school girl is unfit for trial: lawyer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A defence lawyer says his client’s ongoing psychosis makes him unfit to stand trial for the murder of a high school girl in Abbotsford, B.C. Martin Peters said Gabriel Kl...
Apr 19, 2018
After two straight playoff seasons, Bombers no longer have element of surprise
Attendance is up and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have become a profitable, stable franchise but Mike O’Shea takes no satisfaction from that. That’s because the Winnipeg head coach has a diff...
Apr 19, 2018
Montreal couple hoping city lets them keep beloved pet pig named Babe
MONTREAL - Babe the pig spends his days sleeping, going for walks on a leash or lounging around the Montreal condo he shares with his owners, their baby and three cats. His owners, Mario Ramos and Sar...
Apr 19, 2018
P.E.I. vet performs career first in operation on 50-gram dwarf hamster
NEW PERTH, P.E.I. - A veterinarian in Prince Edward Island successfully operated on her smallest patient ever earlier this week - a 50-gram dwarf hamster named Mr. Nibbles. “Somebody was asking ...
Apr 19, 2018
Veteran jockey Chantal Sutherland back riding full-time at Woodbine
TORONTO - Chantal Sutherland is home again. After years south of the border, the veteran jockey will again ride full-time at Woodbine Racetrack, whose 2018 thoroughbred schedule begins Saturday. Suthe...
Apr 19, 2018