Category Archives: Canadian Press
Fresh off U.S. series, decision time coming for Canada's women's hockey team
EDMONTON - Laura Schuler remembers how anxious she felt before her meeting with coach Shannon Miller to learn if she had made Canada’s first Olympic women’s hockey team. “The set-up ...
Dec 18, 2017
Pot activists Marc and Jodie Emery get fine, probation on drug-related charges
TORONTO - A police investigation into marijuana operations of Canada’s self-proclaimed Prince and Princess of Pot offers a glimpse into the economics of the booming illegal storefront operations...
Dec 18, 2017
Politician tries to overturn law that prevents floor- crossing in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge says he plans to decide by March whether to strike down as unconstitutional a law that forbids provincial politicians from switching party caucuses. Court of Queen’s ...
Dec 18, 2017
Alberta politician Derek Fildebrandt convicted, fined in hit and run
EDMONTON - An Alberta member of the legislature has been found guilty in a hit and run after the judge noted he didn’t provide any evidence to back up his alibi. Derek Fildebrandt was fined $402...
Dec 18, 2017
A list of recent Amtrak derailments
An Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle on Monday, spilling cars onto a busy interstate. Some other recent Amtrak derailments: - April 3, 2016: Two maintenance workers were struck and killed by an A...
Dec 18, 2017
New leader of South Africa's ANC party has daunting task
JOHANNESBURG - Cyril Ramaphosa, elected leader of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress in a tight race on Monday, now faces the daunting task of uniting a starkly divided party and re...
Dec 18, 2017
Opposition leader says he could beat Putin in fair election
MOSCOW - As the most serious challenger during Vladimir Putin’s 18 years in power, Alexei Navalny has endured arrests, show trials and facefuls of green antiseptic that damaged his vision. But i...
Dec 18, 2017
Residents asked to reach out to lonely people, invite them to Christmas dinner
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s families minister is asking residents to reach out to people who may be alone for the holidays. Stephen Horsman says people should be on the lookout for signs of so...
Dec 18, 2017
The Latest: NTSB: Derailed train going 80 mph in 30 mph zone
DUPONT, Wash. - The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 11:52 p.m. Federal investigators say the Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle was travelling at 8...
Dec 18, 2017
Official: Train brake automatically activated in fatal wreck
DUPONT, Wash. - Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in...
Dec 18, 2017