Category Archives: Canadian Press
The N.B. retiree whose border-beer battle could change Confederation
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick retiree who just wanted to buy cheaper suds is about to find out if his 2012 beer run to Quebec will change the nature of Confederation. The Supreme Court of Canada is to...
Apr 18, 2018
Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an in...
Apr 18, 2018
Bail denied for Winnipeg woman who kept remains of six infants in storage locker
WINNIPEG - The lawyer for a woman convicted of concealing the remains of six dead infants in a storage locker said he will look for another way to get his client released after her bail was denied. In...
Apr 18, 2018
Trudeau, allies talk Russian cyberattacks during London intelligence briefing
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined counterparts from Britain, Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday to present a united global front against the most pressing security challenges facing th...
Apr 18, 2018
Designers lining up to dress Ontario teen headed to royal wedding
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - A 15-year-old Ontario girl who scored an invitation to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding says she’s now being approached by designers who want to dress her for ...
Apr 18, 2018
Police lay two first-degree murder charges in 1991 missing persons case
A police social media campaign launched to generate leads on cold cases in central Ontario bore fruit this week as a man was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two men who vanished in 1...
Apr 18, 2018
Website pulls Humboldt T-shirt after Halifax cartoonist complains
HALIFAX - An Australian website has stopped selling a T-shirt featuring a misappropriated Halifax newspaper cartoon about the Humboldt bus crash tragedy. Bruce MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle Heral...
Apr 18, 2018
Crews hope to free 'prolific' female right whale named Kleenex from rope on jaw
HALIFAX - Marine biologists are on the lookout for one of the most productive North Atlantic right whales left in the world, after an apparently unsuccessful attempt to free it from thick rope. Heathe...
Apr 18, 2018
Quebec justice minister worried about lawyers using jurors' Facebook pages
MONTREAL - A report that some Quebec defence lawyers are using Facebook to identify jurors and tailor their cases accordingly has prompted the province’s justice minister to create a working gro...
Apr 18, 2018
420's long, strange trip to pot holiday began in California
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a homage to pot’s enduring appeal and universal slang for smoking. Festiviti...
Apr 18, 2018