Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alabama lawmaker indicted, charged with paying kickbacks
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama lawmaker was arrested Thursday on federal charges that he paid kickbacks to a doctor’s office that referred Medicare patients to his health care business - accusati...
Jun 07, 2018
Calgary to allow festivals to set up tents where cannabis can be consumed
CALGARY - The City of Calgary will allow festivals to set up tents where marijuana can be consumed once it’s legalized. The so-called cannabis festival tents will have to undergo a review a...
Jun 07, 2018
Schmitt returns to Canadian men's volleyball team for Nations League
Gavin Schmitt doesn’t want his return to the Canadian men’s volleyball team to mess with its success. The six-foot-10 outside hitter from Saskatoon, whose crushing kills and laser jum...
Jun 07, 2018
Canadian men's short-track speedskating coach Campbell takes job in China
The Canadian men’s short-track speedskating team has lost its head coach. Derrick Campbell, who has been at the helm of one of Canada’s more successful winter sports programs since 2006, s...
Jun 07, 2018
Canada's Brown breaks 20 seconds in 200 metres at Oslo Diamond League
It was a goal Aaron Brown had been doggedly chasing for the past two years. The Canadian sprinter raced to a time of 19.98 seconds to finish second in the Bislett Games Diamond League meet in Osl...
Jun 07, 2018
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte getting into the pot business
MONTREAL - Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberte is getting into the cannabis business. Laliberte’s Groupe Lune Rouge has announced the purchase of 12.85 per cent of Ontario firm 4...
Jun 07, 2018
Ex-TV chef contestant accused of poisoning neighbour's tree
NEW YORK - A onetime contestant on the TV reality show “Top Chef” has been arrested on charges he poisoned his Brooklyn neighbour’s giant maple tree that’s now in danger of dyi...
Jun 07, 2018
Defence chief looking at ways to speed up military inquiries into deaths
OTTAWA - The military’s top general says he is not satisfied with the length of time it takes the Canadian Forces to conduct internal inquiries into suspected suicides and other deaths and ...
Jun 07, 2018
Knights centre William Karlsson will play in must-win Game 5 of Cup final
LAS VEGAS - Vegas Golden Knights centre William Karlsson will be in the lineup tonight with his team facing elimination in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final. The 25-year-old Swede took part in toda...
Jun 07, 2018
Coroner says illicit-drug deaths spiked in one B.C. health authority in April
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service says the number of suspected overdose deaths involving illicit drugs decreased by 23 per cent in April compared with a near-record month of fatali...
Jun 07, 2018