Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Life-altering consequences:' Edmonton busker jailed for assaulting man
EDMONTON - A judge has sentenced a busker to 18 months in jail for attacking a man he thought had swiped some of his change. The assault left Donny Crier, 41, a quadriplegic. Court heard Allen Dakota ...
Mar 22, 2018
Canada's Sharpe, Bowman ski to halfpipe gold at final stop on World Cup circuit
TIGNES, France - It was a Canadian sweep atop the podium at the final halfpipe ski World Cup event of the season, with Cassie Sharpe winning the women’s competition and Noah Bowman winning the m...
Mar 22, 2018
'What keeps me up at night': Trump's trade czar explains hawkish moves on China
WASHINGTON - It was President Donald Trump who announced a broad trade offensive against China on Thursday, with wide-ranging tariffs, an international lawsuit and investment restrictions to combat al...
Mar 22, 2018
Parents, students winners in Alberta budget; Taxpayers face more debt
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP government tabled its 2018-19 budget Thursday. Here is a look at some of the winner and losers: WINNERS: Parents - Spending on K-12 education to rise to $8.4 billion fro...
Mar 22, 2018
Some highlights from the Alberta budget tabled in the legislature Thursday
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP government tabled its 2018-19 budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - Total revenue of $47.9 billion against spending of $56.2 billion. Deficit of $8.8 billi...
Mar 22, 2018
New details emerge about proposed payment to Manitoba Metis Federation
WINNIPEG - The former board chairman of Manitoba Hydro criticized Premier Brian Pallister on Thursday and defended a planned $67-million payment to the Manitoba Metis Federation. “What we need i...
Mar 22, 2018
Montreal therapists, citizens raise awareness of compulsive hoarding
MONTREAL - Mitsou Lefebvre-Lafrance never realized that the piles of books, papers, clothes, collectibles and craft supplies that covered every surface in her Montreal apartment were a problem until s...
Mar 22, 2018
Agreement reached to connect 16 northern Ontario First Nations to power grid
TORONTO - A new agreement between Ontario First Nations, the federal government and the province will see 16 northern communities connected to the power grid in a $1.6-billion project that will end th...
Mar 22, 2018
Killings prompt review of Toronto police handling of missing persons cases
TORONTO - How Toronto police handled the cases of men missing from the city’s gay village will undergo some form of external review in light of six murder charges laid against an alleged serial ...
Mar 22, 2018
Authorities offer testing after Nain, N.L., death likely caused by tuberculosis
NAIN, N.L. - Health authorities are saying the death of a Labrador youth is likely due to tuberculosis. The Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services issued a statement Thu...
Mar 22, 2018