Category Archives: Canadian Press
Raptors hope to exorcise playoff demons against Wizards in 1st round
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors’ slogan for the NBA playoffs says everything: “Prove ’em.” Coming off their finest regular season in franchise history, the Raptors are now aiming...
Apr 12, 2018
Immigrant women earn less, face greater employment barriers: internal report
OTTAWA - Immigrant women in Canada face greater employment barriers and earn less money than both male immigrants and Canadian-born women, data compiled by the immigration department suggests. The inf...
Apr 12, 2018
Ex-Texas congressman convicted of fraud, conspiracy
HOUSTON - A federal jury convicted a former Texas congressman of fraud and conspiracy on Thursday for misusing charitable donations to pay for personal and political expenses. Steve Stockman, a Republ...
Apr 12, 2018
N.S. commits $3.5M to bid to host 2020 Indigenous Games in Halifax
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is committing $3.5 million in support of a bid to attract the 2020 North American Indigenous Games to Halifax. The Mi’kmaq Sport Council of Nova Scotia is be...
Apr 12, 2018
Survivor of crash on Calgary sliding track says fence wouldn't have stopped him
CALGARY - One of the survivors of a deadly slide down the bobsled run at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary says fences or signs probably wouldn’t have stopped him that night. Daniel Spalding testif...
Apr 12, 2018
Nova Scotia court strikes down human rights decision over medical marijuana
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has overturned a provincial human rights board decision that said an injured man’s legally prescribed medical marijuana must be covered by his union ins...
Apr 12, 2018
B.C. mom backs MP's calls for criminal probe of opioid manufacturers
VANCOUVER - A woman whose son fatally overdosed after becoming addicted to the painkiller OxyContin is backing a New Democrat member of Parliament’s calls for the federal government to launch a ...
Apr 12, 2018
Religious accommodation requests lead to heated exchanges in Quebec legislature
QUEBEC - The leader of Quebec’s official opposition broke legislative rules Thursday by wearing a Parti Quebecois lapel pin and then compared it to the Jewish head cap worn by a member in the ch...
Apr 12, 2018
Mower, tooth in a box, Vishnu doll in New Jersey beach trash
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. - The bizarre trash items plucked from New Jersey’s beaches last year might be enough to cause nausea or heartburn. But don’t worry, a bottle of Pepto-Bismol was...
Apr 12, 2018
N.S. minister now says advice on handling portal breach from staff, not police
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government was in damage-control mode Thursday as it modified its assertion that police had asked the Internal Services Department to hold off on releasing information about ...
Apr 12, 2018