Category Archives: Canadian Press
Transport Canada to launch First Nations vessel traffic monitoring program
VANCOUVER - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts to protect Canada’s coastlines from vessel spills includes an “unprecedented level of collaboration” with Indigenous communit...
Mar 13, 2018
B.C. judge says undisclosed murder is reason to renege on mansion purchase
VANCOUVER - The former owner of a mansion in Vancouver’s exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood must repay a $300,000 deposit after the sale of the property fell through because she didn’t te...
Mar 13, 2018
Auditor general says Nunavut, territories not ready for climate change
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut isn’t doing enough to prepare for climate change, says the federal auditor general’s office in a report to the territorial legislature. “Although (Nunavut)...
Mar 13, 2018
Steel workers in the Sault used to bad news, anxious about tariff threats
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - David Beauregard shrugs as he walks out of the Algoma Steel plant during an afternoon shift change. “It’s scary,” he said, describing the mixture of resignat...
Mar 13, 2018
Tories hire Toronto lawyer to lead probe into party's handling of Dykstra case
OTTAWA - A Toronto employment lawyer will run the investigation into how the Conservative party handled a sexual assault allegation made against former Tory MP Rick Dykstra by a young staffer in the m...
Mar 13, 2018
BMO Field to get new grass surface this summer, with more to come
TORONTO - BMO Field, forced into action in February because of the CONCACAF Champions league, is getting a new grass surface this summer. And the plan is to lay a new surface at the end of the year fr...
Mar 13, 2018
N.S. to house people with disabilities who fought for release from hospital
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s government has committed to finding homes in the community for two complainants in a human rights inquiry who have fought for years to move out of a psychiatric unit and ...
Mar 13, 2018
'Flava in Ya Ear' rapper Craig Mack dies in South Carolina
WALTERBORO, S.C. - Former rapper Craig Mack, best known for the platinum 1994 hit “Flava in Ya Ear” has died in South Carolina. Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey says the 47-year-old ...
Mar 13, 2018
Calgary researchers say new tool will make testing for infections easier
CALGARY - University of Calgary researchers say a new device based on the simple glucose meter used by diabetics should make it easier to test humans and animals for infections. “I realized that...
Mar 13, 2018
Snow joke: Weatherman named Meteorologist runs for office
LANCASTER, Pa. - A former TV weatherman who legally changed his name to Meteorologist Drew Anderson says there’s a 100 per cent chance he’ll run for Congress in Pennsylvania under the new ...
Mar 13, 2018