Category Archives: Canadian Press

RCMP officer says he was 'skeptical' about shots-fired call in Lisa Dudley case
BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer laughed with a police dispatcher about a call reporting six gunshot sounds in a quiet neighbourhood in rural British Columbia in 2008, not realizing that a woman lay dy...
Jun 11, 2018

Trump's auto tariffs would devastate supply chains, cause mass layoffs: experts
MONTREAL - U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports from Canada would devastate the integrated supply chain that has taken decades to build and cau...
Jun 11, 2018
West Indies cricket star has no problem playing with disgraced Australia skipper
TORONTO - West Indies cricket star Darren Sammy says he has no problem playing with disgraced former Australia skipper Steve Smith in the Global T20 Canada tournament. Sammy and Smith were the top two...
Jun 11, 2018
Maine town works to save statue of famous harbour seal Andre
ROCKPORT, Maine - A Maine town is raising money to save the statue of a beloved harbour seal that brought the community together. The Bangor Daily News reports Rockport’s 1978 statue of Andre th...
Jun 11, 2018
CN must reopen vital Thunder Bay bridge to cars; Ontario's top court rules
TORONTO - One of the country’s foremost railway companies will have to ensure cars can use a bridge in Thunder Bay, Ont., under terms of an agreement signed more than a century ago, Ontario̵...
Jun 11, 2018
Overnight apartment fire claims two lives, injures 12 in North Vancouver
VANCOUVER - An apartment fire in North Vancouver has killed two people and sent a dozen to hospital for treatment of various injuries. The victims were trapped when the blaze tore through one of four ...
Jun 11, 2018

Last call: Alberta changing craft beer subsidy plan after trade ruling
EDMONTON - It’s closing time for Alberta’s homegrown subsidy designed to help its beer brewers. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the province is changing the program after an appea...
Jun 11, 2018
Judge faces legal quandary in sex assault case after complainant doesn't show up
A sexual assault complainant who testified against her alleged attacker — but then simply refused to finish cross-examination — has presented a rare quandary for the justice system. The&nb...
Jun 11, 2018

Custom adoptions need background, criminal checks: Nunavut legislature member
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut politician says the territory isn’t doing enough to protect children under the practice of custom adoption. “It’s wide open,” said Cathy Towto...
Jun 11, 2018

On eve of summit, Trump has lots of other things on his mind
SINGAPORE - Miles from Washington, staring down a momentous meeting with a North Korean autocrat, President Donald Trump had plenty of other things on his mind, too. On the eve of his big summit with ...
Jun 11, 2018