Category Archives: Canadian Press
Private prosecution against Mount Polley mine tailings spill stayed
VICTORIA - Private charges filed by a woman relating to the 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia have been stayed. British Columbia’s public prosecution...
Jan 30, 2018
Arsenal loses 3-1 at Swansea to damage top-4 hopes in EPL
The arrival of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cannot come quickly enough for Arsenal. Its 3-1 loss on Tuesday to Swansea, which started the match as the Premier League’s last-place team, punctured so...
Jan 30, 2018
Abuse victims say they were required to see disgraced doctor
CHARLOTTE, Mich. - Another wave of victims confronted Larry Nassar on Wednesday, this time about sexual abuse at an elite Michigan gymnastics club where young athletes felt they had to use the disgrac...
Jan 30, 2018
Correction: Iran-Dual Nationals story
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - In a story Jan. 31 about Iran’s sentencing of an Iranian-American art dealer and his wife to prison, The Associated Press misspelled the wife’s last name. It ...
Jan 30, 2018
Suncor phasing in 150 autonomous haul trucks, job cuts expected by 2019
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. says over the next six years it expects to deploy more than 150 electric autonomous haul trucks at its company operated-mines - a move expected to decrease its equipment o...
Jan 30, 2018
Toxicologist testifies about girl whose body was dumped in Winnipeg river
WINNIPEG - A 15-year-old girl had drugs and alcohol in her system when she was killed and thrown into the Red River in Winnipeg, a toxicologist testified at a murder trial Tuesday. Christopher Keddy, ...
Jan 30, 2018
Hookworm-related skin infection a risk with travel to tropics: expert
TORONTO - The experience of a Windsor, Ont., couple who returned from a Caribbean vacation with their feet severely infected with parasitic worms is a cautionary tale of what travellers to some warm-w...
Jan 30, 2018
B.C. Supreme Court shuts down first unlicensed pot shop in Victoria
VICTORIA - A British Columbia court has granted Victoria an injunction to shut down a marijuana dispensary, marking the first court-ordered closure of a pot shop in the city. Victoria was the second c...
Jan 30, 2018
Zero-tolerance on sexual misconduct: Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney
EDMONTON - The leader of the United Conservatives in Alberta says the party will rigorously vet prospective candidates for conduct related to sexual harassment or aggression. Jason Kenney, a former fe...
Jan 30, 2018
Canadian international defender Dejan Jakovic joins Los Angeles FC
LOS ANGELES - Expansion Los Angeles FC has signed Canadian international defender Dejan Jakovic. The 32-year-old centre back played in the NASL for the New York Cosmos last season. He spent five seaso...
Jan 30, 2018