Category Archives: Canadian Press
Manitoba drivers may have to hold it in as province mulls rest stop cuts
WINNIPEG - Finding a place to stop and answer nature’s call along Manitoba’s highways could soon be a bit more challenging. The provincial government is considering whether to close some h...
May 22, 2018
Redblacks ready for pre-season grind as they look to make noise in 2018 season
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are enjoying the novelty of a new training camp and trying not to dwell on the inevitable pre-season grind. Right now the Redblacks are still feeling the excitement of ge...
May 22, 2018
Notley says pipeline is key to programs that premiers will discuss at conference
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says while other western premiers meeting in Yellowknife will be talking about how to spend money, she’ll be working in Alberta figuring out how to earn ...
May 22, 2018
Drummer accused of stealing from Fats Domino won't be tried
HARVEY, La. - Prosecutors won’t pursue charges against a drummer accused of stealing rare coins and a passport from famed New Orleans musician Fats Domino. The New Orleans Advocate reports that ...
May 22, 2018
Five things to know about the government's proposed changes to family law
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled legislation Tuesday which, if passed, would introduce a number of changes to federal family laws - billed by the Liberal government as the first s...
May 22, 2018
Parents go to court to boot 30-year-old son from home
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In a real-life case of “Failure to Launch,” an upstate New York judge Tuesday ordered a 30-year-old man to move out of his parents’ house after they went to court to...
May 22, 2018
Calgary police lay second-degree murder charge 16 years after woman's death
Calgary police have charged a man with murder 16 years after his ex-wife’s death. Kenneth Dauphinais faces one count of second-degree murder and has a court appearance later this week. Terri Ann...
May 22, 2018
B.C. files constitutional challenge of Alberta's fuel restriction law
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government filed a constitutional lawsuit Tuesday countering an Alberta government bill that would limit fuel being sent to the province. It comes weeks after the B.C. ...
May 22, 2018
Canada suddenly has a world class long jumper in Brampton's Jared Kerr
Jared Kerr’s long jump career began as a friendly bet between four friends. They called themselves the “Amigos,” all either sprinters or hurdlers in their Grade 12 year at St. Edmund...
May 22, 2018
Head of Quebec City mosque urges Ottawa to ban assault weapons
OTTAWA - The president of Quebec City’s Islamic Cultural Centre appealed to a parliamentary committee Tuesday to include a ban on assault weapons in proposed gun control legislation. “Plea...
May 22, 2018