Category Archives: Canadian Press

Bernier says abortion, gender identity not on People's Party of Canada platform
OTTAWA - People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier says his party’s policies will not include anything to do with abortion or gender identity, despite the fact its first candidate besides him i...
Jan 10, 2019
Seattle TV editor fired after Trump video appears altered
SEATTLE - A Seattle TV station has fired an editor after airing video footage of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address on immigration that appears to be altered. FOX affiliate Q13 broadca...
Jan 10, 2019

Deal reached in northern British Columbia pipeline impasse
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation have reached a deal with the RCMP to allow a natural gas company access across a bridge that had been blocked in their t...
Jan 10, 2019
Prime minister pleased tensions are easing at site of B.C. pipeline protest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Arrests at a blockade this week show the government needs to properly engage with Indigenous Peoples and build a different relationship than it has had in the past, Prime Minister Jus...
Jan 10, 2019

Sister of tennis star Eugenie Bouchard testifies in online harassment case
MONTREAL - Charlotte Bouchard says her decision to pursue criminal charges against a Montreal man accused of harassing her will have been worth it if it helps just one victim of online stalking. The 2...
Jan 10, 2019

Freeland says Venezuela's Maduro is now a dictator after illegitimate win
OTTAWA - Thursday’s inauguration of Nicolas Maduro has solidified him as a dictator, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a scathing denunciation of the Venezuelan president that a...
Jan 10, 2019
Vandalism causes death of 700,000 young chum salmon at B.C. hatchery
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - The manager of a salmon hatchery north of Vancouver says it will take years to recover from vandalism that led to the deaths of 700,000 fish. Shane Dobler, hatchery manager for th...
Jan 10, 2019

Norovirus outbreak sickens 277 on Oasis of the Seas
MIAMI - Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is returning to a Florida port a day early and giving passengers full refunds of their fare after 277 guests and crew members were hit with an outbrea...
Jan 10, 2019

Cabinet shuffle coming on Monday after Brison quits, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Monday to fill the gap left by veteran MP Scott Brison’s resignation. But it remains to be seen whether the prime minister will take the opportun...
Jan 10, 2019
Vancouver Island centre back Callum Montgomery could go high in MLS SuperDraft
Callum Montgomery’s road to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was circuitous. After sending out a flood of emails to universities, the defender from Lantzville, B.C., didn’t ge...
Jan 10, 2019