Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lawyer: No one at Michigan State knew about doc's assaults
DETROIT - A former federal prosecutor hired by Michigan State University said there’s no evidence that school officials knew a campus doctor was sexually abusing young female athletes. Patrick F...
Dec 8, 2017
Financial incentive for Quebec surgeons to get to work on time
Quebec’s health minister says he is “scandalized” that surgeons and anesthesiologists get bonuses just for arriving at work by 8 o’clock in the morning. But Gaetan Barrette sai...
Dec 8, 2017
Russian man sentenced to 3 years for smuggling person from Canada into U.S.
TORONTO - An elderly Russian man with backwoods skills has been sentenced to three years in prison for helping smuggle a person from Canada into the United States, court records show. A jury had convi...
Dec 8, 2017
Worker protections paramount in NAFTA talks, labour minister says
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Protecting workers’ rights is a fundamental Canadian objective in ongoing negotiations to update the free-trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, Labour Minister P...
Dec 8, 2017
MLS Cup teams ready to play, tired of pre-game media, hype and hoopla
TORONTO - While reporters shivered on the sidelines, the MLS Cup final teams just went about their business in their final practice Friday. Thanks to a strong biting wind, the temperature of -1 Celsiu...
Dec 8, 2017
Bolshoi to premiere previously cancelled Nureyev ballet
MOSCOW - Russia’s history Bolshoi Theater is getting ready to premiere a ballet about dancer Rudolf Nureyev after the original opening was postponed and its director arrested. The productionR...
Dec 8, 2017
Vonn happy to mix sport and politics ahead of Olympics
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Lindsey Vonn says she won’t stop expressing her political views, though her main goal is regaining her Olympic downhill title. The ski star told CNN in an interview tha...
Dec 8, 2017
Labrador retriever supports children suspected of suffering from abuse, neglect
HALIFAX - He loves yoga, squeaky toys and long romps in the woods. But the newest employee at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax has a special place in his heart for kids. Dorado, a three-year-old Labra...
Dec 8, 2017
Alleged hitman granted new murder trial, 14 years after conviction
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man convicted of committing a Hells Angels-ordered killing in October 2000 has been granted a new trial by the province’s Court of Appeal. Dean Kelsie was convicted of fi...
Dec 8, 2017
'It's as bad as it sounds:' Ash borer beetle makes first appearance in the West
WINNIPEG - An invasive beetle that has already ravaged millions of trees in Central Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in the West. The emerald ash borer, a highly efficient killer of a...
Dec 8, 2017