Category Archives: Canadian Press
Complaints against former RCMP doctors accused of sexual misconduct hit 80
More than 80 complaints have now been received against two former RCMP doctors under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct spanning decades, police in Ontario and Nova Scotia say. Toronto police...
Jan 30, 2018
Welcome to the Rock: St. John's Canada's most open city, populism poll suggests
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Yazan Jabr was totally lost on his very first day in St. John’s, N.L., when he randomly asked a man for directions to get downtown, a 20 minute walk away. “It was ...
Jan 30, 2018
Military cites privacy concerns for slow progress in review of unfounded cases
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military police officer is citing privacy concerns for the fact the Canadian Armed Forces have yet to make good on last year’s promise to revisit more than 160 cases ...
Jan 30, 2018
Former Kenyan VP: Home attacked in 'assassination attempt'
NAIROBI, Kenya - Former Kenyan Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said Wednesday that gunshots and a grenade were fired at his home in what he called “an assassination attempt,” as a governmen...
Jan 30, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 30
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 30 --- MILITARY YET TO MAKE GOOD ON SEX ASSAULT CASES Canada’s top military police officer is citing privacy for the fact the Canadian Armed Forces hav...
Jan 30, 2018
Swedes charge Uzbek man with terrorism in truck attack
STOCKHOLM - An Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck into a crowd in downtown Stockholm in April, killing five and injuring 14, was charged Tuesday with terrorism, attempts to carry out a terror act and...
Jan 30, 2018
Emotional first day in trial of farmer accused of killing Indigenous man
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - People are bracing for another emotional day at the trial of a Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing an Indigenous man on his property. There were tears in a Battleford courtroom ...
Jan 30, 2018
Vancouver renters' union forms to fight soaring costs in city's housing market
VANCOUVER - Rising rental costs, evictions and a scarcity of units in Vancouver’s densely populated West End were among the reasons for Gail Harmer’s decision to join a group that is takin...
Jan 30, 2018
OJ Simpson avoids effort to chase down his memorabilia money
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - O.J. Simpson dodged an effort Tuesday to force him to turn over cash he pockets from signing autographs to satisfy a $70 million-plus civil judgment for the 1994 killings of the...
Jan 29, 2018
Blue moon, supermoon, total lunar eclipse rolled into one
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all ro...
Jan 29, 2018