Category Archives: Canadian Press

Air travellers on Samsung phone honour system after fires
If you travel with a Samsung Note 7, you’re likely on the honour system when deciding whether to use or charge the device during a flight. The Canadian and U.S. governments both issued advisorie...
Sep 09, 2016
RCMP officer in B.C. to face child-luring charges after vigilante sting
SURREY, B.C. - Charges are pending against a police officer in British Columbia caught up in a sting by a vigilante group dedicated to exposing and publicly shaming alleged child sexual predators, the...
Sep 09, 2016
After odd win, Djokovic to face Wawrinka in US Open final
NEW YORK - For quite a while, Novak Djokovic’s opponent in the U.S. Open semifinals, Gael Monfils, looked as if he didn’t want to win - or even be there at all. That premeditated “gr...
Sep 09, 2016
Blue Jays catcher Navarro replaces Martin in starting lineup for series opener
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin was not in the starting lineup for the opener of a key three-game series against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. The veteran catcher is nursing a nagging l...
Sep 09, 2016
Stamps defensive tackle Quinn Smith suspended three games for positive drug test
Calgary Stampeder defensive tackle Quinn Smith has been suspended for three games for testing positive for a banned substance for the second time in his football career. The 24-year-old from Toronto t...
Sep 09, 2016
Police seize massive cache of weapons at Edmonton home after finding bomb
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton found a whole lot of weapons at a home in which they found an explosive device. Earlier this week, residents in a southeast Edmonton neighbourhood were told to leave thei...
Sep 09, 2016
Kenney dismisses Leitch position on screening immigrants for 'anti-Canadian values'
CALGARY - Federal Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch hasn’t thought through her controversial position on screening immigrants for “anti-Canadian values,” former Tory im...
Sep 09, 2016
Judge won't reinstate CRTC commissioner pending his legal fight over firing
TORONTO - A former commissioner of Canada’s broadcast regulator has lost his bid for reinstatement pending a court fight over his firing. In a decision Friday, Federal Court Judge Anne Mactavish...
Sep 09, 2016
B.C. Mountie charged after pedestrian accident claimed five-year-old boy
VICTORIA - An RCMP officer has been charged with driving without due care and attention a year after a five-year-old boy was killed at a Penticton, B.C., intersection. The B.C. Criminal Justice Branch...
Sep 09, 2016
Oppositional disorder, China, cable TV: 3 things in federal politics this week
OTTAWA - It was a week of semantic satiation in Ottawa, with politicos parsing “anti-Canadian values” so many times that the phrase seemed to become almost meaningless. Conservative leader...
Sep 09, 2016