Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa evaluating Toronto request for help sheltering homeless during cold snap
TORONTO - Federal Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale says Ottawa is working with Toronto and Ontario officials to help ease an unprecedented strain on Toronto’s home...
Jan 4, 2018
RCMP response to missing Saskatchewan Indigenous man found dead under review
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - An independent investigation will be done into how the RCMP responded to a call that an Indigenous man had walked away from a care home in northern Saskatchewan. Police say the ...
Jan 4, 2018
Merchandise featuring Fiona the hippo brings in big bucks
CINCINNATI - Merchandise inspired by Ohio’s famous baby hippo, Fiona, has returned nearly half a million dollars to the Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the zoo has collected abou...
Jan 4, 2018
Colorado Capitol briefly on lockdown after shooting report
DENVER - A report of shots fired Thursday near the Colorado state capitol briefly put the building on lockdown. Police are still investigating what happened but said there were no reports of injuries....
Jan 4, 2018
Sexual harassment, cannabis are top legal risks in Canada this year: law firm
MONTREAL - The hot button issues of sexual harassment in the workplace and cannabis legalization joined a leading Canadian law firm’s annual top 10 list of legal risks for businesses in 2018. Bo...
Jan 4, 2018
IIHF president Rene Fasel says he needs NHL at future Winter Olympics
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The dust has settled on the NHL’s decision not to allow players to participate in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. Now International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel has ...
Jan 4, 2018
Ship grounding off Vancouver Island attributed to poor planning, no lookout: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. - Insufficient route planning and the absence of a dedicated lookout contributed to a tourist vessel running aground during a bear-watching excursion off Vancouver Island in October 201...
Jan 4, 2018
Police officer in London, Ont., apologizes for wearing blackface
A police officer in London, Ont., has apologized for appearing in blackface as part of a “tribal” Halloween costume 11 years ago, an incident the force’s chief called racist and unac...
Jan 4, 2018
'A little more hope:' ALS patients taking anti-psychotic drug in clinical trial
CALGARY - Cliff Barr has no illusions about how his life is going to end but he still has hope. The 70-year-old from Okotoks, Alta., is one of 100 patients taking part in new Canada-wide clinical tria...
Jan 4, 2018
Police: Man used bank robbery cash to buy engagement ring
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - Authorities say a man robbed a bank in Ohio and used the money to buy his fiancee an engagement ring. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports 36-year-old Dustin Pedersen has be...
Jan 4, 2018