Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ontario to offer naloxone to police, firefighters as opioid-related deaths rise
TORONTO - Ontario will offer naloxone to police and firefighters across the province and can now approve safe injection sites on its own, it announced Thursday as new figures showed a dramatic spike i...
Dec 7, 2017
Tears, tributes as Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall bids farewell to legislature
REGINA - There were tears and tributes as Brad Wall bid farewell to the Saskatchewan legislature Thursday and looked forward to the next chapter of his life as “just Brad” after a decade a...
Dec 7, 2017
Provinces, feds to debate proposed changes to ever-divisive equalization program
OTTAWA - A decades-old sore spot in the Canadian federation is days away from another flare-up as the country’s finance ministers prepare to discuss potential tweaks to the formula behind equali...
Dec 7, 2017
Mayor urges weary residents of Toronto, Vancouver to move to Saint John, N.B.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The mayor of Saint John, N.B., is getting a flood of responses after issuing a social media plea for people tired of long Toronto and Vancouver commutes to move east. Don Darling po...
Dec 7, 2017
Liberia court says presidential runoff vote can go ahead
MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberia’s supreme court has cleared the way for the presidential runoff election to go forward, saying there was not enough evidence to support allegations of fraud. The seco...
Dec 7, 2017
Ontario drivers worry legal pot will impact road safety, CAA survey finds
TORONTO - Nearly half of drivers who are also marijuana users told a survey they drive better, drive about the same or don’t know if cannabis impacts their ability behind the wheel. The survey -...
Dec 7, 2017
Letter sent across town in Wynyard, Sask., takes a week, makes 330-km round trip
WYNYARD, Sask. - A woman in an eastern Saskatchewan community wasn’t impressed recently when a letter she sent to a home just blocks from hers took over a week to arrive. Janice Belak says she w...
Dec 7, 2017
Landmark study shows military veterans at greater risk of suicide
OTTAWA - A landmark study from Veterans Affairs Canada appears to confirm what many have long feared: Canadians who have served in uniform are at greater risk of taking their own lives than members of...
Dec 7, 2017
NHL commissioner Bettman says league will consider Seattle expansion bid
MANALAPAN, Fla. - The NHL is opening its doors to Seattle. Commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday the league’s board of governors have agreed to consider an expansion application from billionai...
Dec 7, 2017
Canadian ice dancers Virtue and Moir second after Grand Prix Final short program
NAGOYA, Japan - Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were in second place after Thursday’s short program at the ISU Grand Prix final, the last major international competition before ...
Dec 7, 2017