Category Archives: Canadian Press
Report on university campus sexual violence calls for culture change
HALIFAX - A new report is calling on Nova Scotia’s 10 universities to set up additional programs to prevent sexual violence on campus, just weeks after high-profile sexual assault charges were l...
Dec 15, 2017
Indigenous woman's liver assessed after outcry over earlier transplant refusal
A young Inuk woman suffering from acute liver failure is being assessed at an organ transplant centre in Toronto after her family from Labrador launched a campaign to overturn earlier refusals to put ...
Dec 15, 2017
Crash that killed 4 Hydro One workers took place as helicopter prepared to land: TSB
TORONTO - Investigators say a helicopter crash that killed four Hydro One workers in eastern Ontario this week happened as the chopper was approaching to land. The Transportation Safety Board says it ...
Dec 15, 2017
Man with knife at Amsterdam airport is not terror case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A man was shot in the leg at Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport on Friday after he walked into a military police office and threatened staff with a knife, a spokesman for...
Dec 15, 2017
New Brunswick defends climate change plan while McKenna raises concerns
FREDERICTON - Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is suggesting New Brunswick’s approach to carbon pricing won’t meet Ottawa’s requirements, but Premier Brian Gallant is d...
Dec 15, 2017
U.S. secretary of state to meet with Canada's cabinet, talk Korea crisis
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Canadian cabinet members during a visit to Ottawa next week where he will discuss a variety of international issues including the North Kor...
Dec 15, 2017
Oilsands price discounts expected to rise as output exceeds export pipeline room
CALGARY - Canadian oilsands producers face rising price discounts as growing production “materially exceeds” export pipeline capacity to the United States in the first quarter of 2018, RBC...
Dec 15, 2017
Montreal versus the rest of Quebec: new divisions ahead of the 2018 election
MONTREAL - For half a century Quebec politics have been dominated by the split between those who wanted to stay inside the Canadian federation and those who wanted out. But the 10 months leading up to...
Dec 15, 2017
Past sexual partner of Nova Scotia officer testifies at Garnier murder trial
HALIFAX - A man who briefly dated Nova Scotia police officer Catherine Campbell was called to testify Friday about her prior sexual activity, as the defence closed its case at Christopher Garnier̵...
Dec 15, 2017
2017 in review: 'Disruption, despair and dumpster fires'
NEW YORK - The news alerts gushed in: An attack on a concert, a church, an ice cream parlour ; an assailant wielding a gun or hammer or acid . There’s an earthquake in Mexico, a monsoon in India...
Dec 15, 2017