Category Archives: Canadian Press
Group challenges ruling requiring
doctors to give referrals for services that clash with beliefs
TORONTO - Ontario doctors challenging a court ruling that found physicians must give referrals for medical services that clash with their moral or religious beliefs say there is no proof that removing...
Jan 20, 2019
Call for tighter bail rules after Saudi sex-crime suspect vanishes
HALIFAX - Mohammed Zuraibi Alzoabi may have hoped to quietly disappear from his sexual assault trial in Cape Breton, never to be seen or heard from again in Canada. Instead, the 28-year-old man is att...
Jan 20, 2019
Former firefighter with PTSD sues Syncrude over suspended benefits, dismissal
CALGARY - A lawsuit filed by a former firefighter and paramedic against Syncrude Canada claims the oilsands giant wrongfully denied him benefits and fired him after he was diagnosed with post-traumati...
Jan 20, 2019
Skaters stranded in Saint John, NB, amid storm on last day of championships
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Many Canadian figure skaters are stranded in Saint John, N.B., amid a winter storm on the last day of the national skating championships. More than half of the flights out of the ci...
Jan 20, 2019
Hard terrain slows rescue of Spanish boy trapped in borehole
MADRID - Rescuers in southern Spain said Sunday that the frantic effort to reach a two-year-old boy who fell into a narrow, deep borehole seven days ago has again been slowed by difficult terrain. Pro...
Jan 20, 2019
Where did the Whitecaps go? Vancouver's former stars find new homes
VANCOUVER - A number of familiar faces will be missing when the Vancouver Whitecaps start training camp this week. The club has parted ways with 18 players since finishing last season two spots out of...
Jan 20, 2019
B.C. byelection in NDP territory tests strength of minority government
NANAIMO, B.C. - British Columbia’s minority New Democrat government faces a crucial popularity test this month in a byelection in one of its traditionally safe constituencies where the outcome c...
Jan 20, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $17 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British Columbia. ...
Jan 20, 2019
LeBron, pickle juice help Tiafoe reach Australian Open QFs
MELBOURNE, Australia - Frances Tiafoe just kept shaking his head and calling the whole thing “crazy” and “unbelievable.” Which it all kind of is. That he reached his first Gran...
Jan 20, 2019
No plans to eliminate 'duty to report' for military sex misconduct: Vance
OTTAWA - Canada’s top general is promising better support for victims of military sexual misconduct, but says he will not get rid of a regulation that Canada’s auditor general has warned d...
Jan 20, 2019