Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pot revenue-sharing deal with Ottawa means money for municipalities, Wynne says
TORONTO - Municipalities can begin discussions with Ontario over costs associated with legalized marijuana in light of a new tax revenue-sharing agreement between the provinces and federal government,...
Dec 12, 2017
B.C. announces Indigenous cancer strategy built on culturally safe care
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a strategy to prevent, screen and diagnose cancer among Indigenous people, with an aim to increase survival rates. Annette Morgan, president of the B.C. Assoc...
Dec 12, 2017
Visible minorities feel less safe than other Canadians: Statistics Canada
MONTREAL - Visible minorities, particularly Arabs and West Asians, feel less safe walking alone in their neighbourhoods after dark than do other Canadians, according to a Statistics Canada survey rele...
Dec 12, 2017
Jurors in Laura Babcock's trial never heard of Tim Bosma's murder
TORONTO - Jurors deciding the fate of two men accused of murdering Laura Babcock and burning her body were never told that human remains were found in an animal incinerator belonging to one of the acc...
Dec 12, 2017
Headley, Mitchell dealt by Yankees to Padres in payroll dump
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The New York Yankees made a rare payroll dump, creating flexibility to add starting pitching. Third baseman Chase Headley and pitcher Bryan Mitchell were dealt to San Diego on...
Dec 12, 2017
Alberta MLA says he regrets firing woman after she made sex harassment complaint
EDMONTON - Alberta’s Opposition house leader says he regrets firing an employee after she told him she was being sexually harassed, and says his caucus is committed to ending abuse in the workpl...
Dec 12, 2017
US budget deficit totals $138.5 billion in November
WASHINGTON - The federal government collected a record amount of tax income for the month of November and also had a record level of spending for the month, producing a budget deficit of $138.5 billio...
Dec 12, 2017
Ten things jurors at the Laura Babcock trial did not hear
TORONTO - A jury is deliberating the case of two men accused of killing a Toronto woman and burning her body in an animal incinerator. Dellen Millard and Mark Smich pleaded not guilty to first-degree ...
Dec 12, 2017
Chunk of ice falls on San Bernardino home, tears roof
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - San Bernardino homeowners say a block of ice fell out of the sky, tore through their roof and landed in their bedroom. The Press-Enterprise reports Claudell Curry and Odell Marie C...
Dec 12, 2017
Police: Man posed as officer, tried to get discounted coffee
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Police in western New York have charged a man who they say impersonated a police officer in an attempt to get discounted coffee. WIVB-TV reports the man flashed a fake badge and gun at...
Dec 12, 2017