Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian air force helicopter drops raft on Florida home, smashing roof
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces is scrambling for answers after one of its military helicopters dropped an inflatable life raft that smashed a hole in the roof of a home in Miami. The Griffon search-and-...
Feb 28, 2018
Quebec couple accused of stealing about $2 million from big retails stores
MONTREAL - Police say a Quebec couple has been charged after allegedly stealing roughly $2 million worth of merchandise from large retail stores in six cities across the province. Police from Laval, Q...
Feb 28, 2018
Amanda Todd's mother back B.C. schools plan to help parents fight cyberbullying
VICTORIA - The mother of a British Columbia girl whose story of cyberbullying went around the world after she took her own life says offering social media education to parents is a good investment. Ed...
Feb 28, 2018
Canada falls 3-1 to Sweden at Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament
ALGARVE, Portugal - Canada fell 3-1 to Sweden on Wednesday in its opening match of the 2018 Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament. Mimmi Larsson, Fridolina Rolfo and Stina Blackstenus scored for...
Feb 28, 2018
White House turmoil: As Russia probe advances, Trump blasts AG, loses Hicks
WASHINGTON - The day began with President Donald Trump publicly belittling his attorney general, and ended with him losing his communications director amid growing indications of the turmoil from a cr...
Feb 28, 2018
Icy plunge blamed for deaths of three bison in Yukon: conservation officers
HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon - Conservation officers in Yukon have unravelled the mysterious deaths of three apparently healthy bison. The remains were found in a remote valley northeast of Haines Junction ...
Feb 28, 2018
Jury finds Quebec man guilty of second-degree murder in death of Inuk woman
MONTREAL - The conviction of a Quebec man found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2015 death of his Inuk girlfriend sends a message to the Indigenous community that the justice system hasn’t...
Feb 28, 2018
B.C. government asks residents for feedback on oil spill prevention plans
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government says it is moving to the next steps in defending provincial land and water from oil spills by getting public feedback on potential policies, even as one ...
Feb 28, 2018
Julie Bilotta settles lawsuit with province over 2012 jailhouse birth
OTTAWA - A woman who gave birth to a son in a segregation cell at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre more than five years ago has settled a lawsuit against the province, the jail and a number of sta...
Feb 28, 2018
Paramount delays airing 'Heathers' after Parkland shooting
NEW YORK - Paramount Network says it will delay airing a television reboot of “Heathers” following the Florida high school shooting that left 17 dead. Paramount says in a Wednesday stateme...
Feb 28, 2018