Category Archives: Canadian Press
Three provinces and lawyers' group to intervene in Oland bail appeal
FREDERICTON - Three provinces and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario have been granted intervener status in Dennis Oland’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to get bail. The ...
Sep 23, 2016
Skating star Patrick Chan will train with coaching staff including Marina Zoueva
OTTAWA - World champion figure skater Patrick Chan has a new coaching team. Renowned coach and choreographer Marina Zoueva, who mentored Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to Olympic and...
Sep 23, 2016
School officials in four Canadian provinces respond differently to bomb threats
HALIFAX - School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Universities and schools across Prince Edward...
Sep 23, 2016
Man charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults at Nova Scotia daycare
KINGSTON, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia investigating three sexual assaults at an unlicensed daycare are worried there are more victims, and are urging parents whose children attended the facility to g...
Sep 23, 2016
Driver caught using mannequin to drive in carpool lane
BREA, Calif. - A California driver has been cited for using a mannequin - not the required human being - to drive in the carpool lane. The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/2d5N3Sh ) Brea ...
Sep 23, 2016
RCMP re-open investigation into the death of pepper sprayed inmate
FREDERICTON - The RCMP has reopened the investigation of the death of an inmate who was pepper sprayed repeatedly in the face last year at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Last month, police ...
Sep 23, 2016
Police: Man who shot 2 at Tennessee plant had gun permit
ATHENS, Tenn. - A man who fatally shot two supervisors and then killed himself at an electrical components plant in eastern Tennessee had a state-issued permit to carry handguns in public, law enforce...
Sep 23, 2016
Steven Blaney sets stage for potential run for Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Steven Blaney says he’s considering a run for the federal Conservative leadership. Blaney is stepping down from his role as the official Opposition’s...
Sep 23, 2016
Road rage incident ends in fiery crash in Mississauga, Ont.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario police are looking for suspects after a road rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and the occupants of a car led to an assault and a fiery crash near Toronto. Pro...
Sep 23, 2016
Video shows deadly encounter between police, black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as the...
Sep 23, 2016