Category Archives: Canadian Press
African refugees alleging rights abuses get go-ahead to sue Canadian mining firm
VANCOUVER - Foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver-based company of human rights abuses at an African mine will have their case heard in the Canadian legal system. In a judgment released Thursda...
Oct 06, 2016
Driver of Calgary commuter train caused crash, can't remember what happened
CALGARY - A transit official says human error is to blame for a Calgary commuter train that crashed last month during peak morning rush hour. The light-rail train failed to stop as it was approaching ...
Oct 06, 2016
Backpage.com raided, CEO arrested for sex-trafficking
DALLAS - State agents raided the Dallas headquarters of adult classified ad portal Backpage and arrested Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer on Thursday following allegations that adult and child sex-...
Oct 06, 2016
Ducks, Kings, Blackhawks, Blues among many threats to conquer the West
It’s pretty well impossible to go back-to-back in the west. The Detroit Red Wings (2009) were the last team to repeat as champions of the NHL’s top conference, the only such squad to do so...
Oct 06, 2016
Manitoba Liberal says obesity should be protected under human rights code
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician wants obese people protected from discrimination under the province’s human rights code. Jon Gerrard, one of only three Liberal legislature members, has introduc...
Oct 06, 2016
Judge: Dead NY Rangers player a victim of organized sports
NEW YORK - A New York Rangers player who died in 2011 of an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers and a minor league hockey player who supplied him with pills are victims of organized sports...
Oct 06, 2016
Domingo's LA Opera contract extended through 2021-22
LOS ANGELES - Placido Domingo has renewed his contract as general director of the Los Angeles Opera for three years through the 2021-22 season. The 75-year-old singer joined the company as an artistic...
Oct 06, 2016
For tourists, storm is Hurricane Who Shall Not Be Named
ORLANDO, Fla. - Voldemort couldn’t stop Harry Potter, but Matthew did. Three of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, Universal Studios (home to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter...
Oct 06, 2016
Barely half of illegal border crossers caught
SAN DIEGO - Immigration authorities caught just over half of the people who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico last year, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security ...
Oct 06, 2016
Officer acquitted in shooting death of mentally ill man
NORFOLK, Va. - A jury in Virginia on Thursday acquitted a white police officer who had been charged in the shooting death of a mentally ill black man holding a knife. Norfolk police Officer Michael Ed...
Oct 06, 2016