Category Archives: Canadian Press

Alberta redesigns driver's licences, adds iconic dinosaur Albertosaurus
EDMONTON - Alberta is redesigning its driver’s licences and including one change that was 66 million years in the making. The new licences will have modern, updated security features s...
Jun 06, 2018

Trans Mountain deal fails to change Suncor position on Canadian competitiveness
CALGARY - The CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says it will continue to avoid spending on large growth projects in Canada despite the federal government’s move last week to purchase the Trans Moun...
Jun 06, 2018
Quarterback Matt Nichols leaves Blue Bombers practice with injury
WINNIPEG - Blue Bombers starting quarterback Matt Nichols left practice with an injury on Wednesday, and the team said he would be evaluated by a doctor. Nichols was stepping back to throw a pass late...
Jun 06, 2018

Liberals look at building affordable housing for homeless veterans
OTTAWA - The federal government is considering whether to foot the bill for the construction of affordable housing units as part of a fresh push to help homeless military veterans ...
Jun 06, 2018
Saskatchewan brings in rules to prevent random street checks by police
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Police Commission is telling officers not to randomly stop people on the street and ask for information. The commission also reminded people Wednesday tha...
Jun 06, 2018
B.C. doctors can't limit opioids or discriminate against pain patients: college
VANCOUVER - British Columbia doctors treating patients with chronic pain will be required to prescribe opioids without limiting dosage or refusing to see patients who are on the medicat...
Jun 06, 2018
Party leaders make final-day pitch to undecided Ontario voters
TORONTO - Ontario’s main party leaders used the final day of the provincial election campaign to make a last pitch to those voters still sitting on the fence. They warned of the economic pe...
Jun 06, 2018
'I can't find my words:' 3 sisters among 5 dead in central Alberta highway crash
MILLET, Alta. - Leonard Norwest struggled to speak Wednesday about his three granddaughters who were among five people killed in a central Alberta highway crash. “I can’t find my words,...
Jun 06, 2018

Scheer rejects one-on-one trade talks with U.S. as long as NAFTA can be saved
OTTAWA - Conservatives say it might help Canada’s bargaining position on the North American Free Trade Agreement if the Liberal government were to agree to American demands that it join the...
Jun 06, 2018
Sex abuse panel seeks witness statement from Prince Charles
LONDON - Prince Charles has been asked to give a witness statement to a public inquiry into how abuse allegations against a pedophile bishop were handled. The request for a statement from Charles and ...
Jun 06, 2018