Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian sport buying into national concussion guideline: Podborski
A man known for skiing on the edge of danger feels Canadian sport is a safer place. Former national-team racer and Crazy Canuck Steve Podborski, now CEO and president of Parachute Canad...
Jun 08, 2018
Female Mounties opt not to press charges in alleged sex assaults by fellow cop
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says it won’t lay charges against an RCMP officer accused of groping two female Mounties, because neither woman wanted criminal charges laid. Invest...
Jun 08, 2018
QuickQuotes: Some of Anthony Bourdain's thoughts on Canada, Quebec and Montreal
Celebrity chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain, who was found dead in France on Friday at the age of 61, filmed a number of episodes of his various shows in Canada over the past several years...
Jun 08, 2018
Trump signals support for legislation easing US ban on pot
LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump says he’s inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana. Asked Friday about a proposal that would reshape the nation&...
Jun 08, 2018
What does losing official party status mean? The Canadian Press explains
TORONTO - The resounding defeat of Ontario’s Liberals in this week’s provincial election saw the party that previously held a majority slip below the number of seats required for official ...
Jun 08, 2018
UBC must pay fired author Steven Galloway $167,000 for privacy violation
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia must pay novelist Steven Galloway $167,000 in damages for making statements that violated his privacy rights and harmed his reputation when it suspe...
Jun 08, 2018
'Something positive:' Victims of ski coach urging Ottawa to make sport safer
CALGARY - Two victims of disgraced national ski coach Bertrand Charest joined former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy on Friday to demand immediate action from the federal government to combat abuse in...
Jun 08, 2018
Canadian para-swimmer Newkirk sets world record in S7 women's 50m backstroke
BERLIN - Shelby Newkirk of Saskatoon broke the world record in the S7 women’s 50-metre backstroke Friday at the sixth and final stop on the Para-swimming World Series circuit. Newkirk won silver...
Jun 08, 2018
Quebec cabinet minister Laurent Lessard decides to not seek re-election this year
QUEBEC - A seventh member of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberal cabinet has announced he won’t seek re-election later this year. Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard says the...
Jun 08, 2018
Truck driver indicted over fatal wreck with lawmakers' train
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A garbage-truck driver who drove into the path of a train carrying Republican members of Congress has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and driving under the ...
Jun 08, 2018