Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada set to name team that will try for 3rd straight Olympic men's hockey gold
CALGARY - The Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team that will try for a third straight gold medal next month will be announced Thursday. Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee issued a jo...
Jan 10, 2018
N.S. premier orders review as former foster child faces deportation
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier has told child welfare officials to review how they handle complex cases, as a former foster child in the province faces deportation to a country he has no connec...
Jan 10, 2018
B.C. Lottery Corp. boosts policies for high rollers at casinos
VANCOUVER - New rules are being brought in for big-spending gamblers at British Columbia’s casinos. The B.C. Lottery Corp. now requires anyone spending $10,000 or more at casinos within a 24-hou...
Jan 10, 2018
Judge will not review Crown's decision in fatal police shooting at Calgary hotel
CALGARY - The parents of a man shot dead by police have lost a bid for a judicial review of a decision not to lay charges. Anthony Heffernan was holding a syringe and a lighter when a Calgary officer ...
Jan 10, 2018
First Nations police forces to get more officers under federal funding plan
WINNIPEG - The federal government has announced a cash infusion of $291.2 million over five years for policing in First Nation and Inuit communities. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the anno...
Jan 10, 2018
Officials issue blood-infection warning to London, Ont., nail salon customers
LONDON, Ont. - Public health officials are warning customers of a nail salon in London, Ont., that they may have been exposed to blood-borne infections after a client tested positive for hepatitis B. ...
Jan 10, 2018
Toronto Argonauts sign Canadians Llevi Noel, D.J. Sackey to contract extensions
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts signed receiver Llevi Noel and offensive lineman D.J. Sackey to contract extensions that will keep the Canadians with the CFL club through the 2019 season. The six-foot...
Jan 10, 2018
Male MPs, staff are bystanders to sexual misconduct, former staffer says
OTTAWA - It was 2007 and Lauren Dobson-Hughes was a young, ambitious NDP staffer on Parliament Hill when a much older MP suddenly kissed her in front of at least 20 people - and no one seemed to bat a...
Jan 10, 2018
B.C. man still fighting for his life after feds botch mother's death certificate
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A British Columbia man is fighting for his life after the federal government declared him dead twice following a bureaucratic mix-up. The trouble began last October when Kamloops resi...
Jan 10, 2018
Judicial watchdog reviewing Calgary judge for comments to students
CALGARY - The Canadian Judicial Council is reviewing complaints about a Calgary judge who admitted to making what she called inappropriate comments to university students. Court of Queen’s Bench...
Jan 10, 2018