Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former star athletes agree to donate brains after death for concussion research
TORONTO - Kerrin Lee-Gartner spent years hurtling down mountains, often paying the price in a high-speed fall. She underwent seven knee surgeries during her distinguished skiing career. But a brain in...
May 10, 2018
WestJet pilots vow not to disrupt long weekend as a goodwill gesture
WestJet pilots have committed to not disrupting passenger travel plans over the Victoria Day long weekend despite voting overwhelmingly to give its union a strike mandate. The Air Line Pilots Associat...
May 10, 2018
Nurse charged in death of former Trump adviser's father
PHILADELPHIA - A nurse was charged Thursday in the death of the father of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser after authorities said she failed to give him a series of neur...
May 10, 2018
US government ran a $214.3 billion surplus in April
WASHINGTON - The federal government swung to a surplus of $214.3 billion in April, primarily reflecting the revenue from that month’s annual tax filing deadline. The Treasury Department reported...
May 10, 2018
New northern Ontario riding buoys francophones: 'Still fighting for our rights'
KAPUSKASING, Ont. - The heart of la francophonie in small town northern Ontario is beating a little faster these days as a newly minted riding gets set to elect its first representative to the legisla...
May 10, 2018
Two Ontario police forces investigating alleged privacy breaches
TORONTO - The Toronto and Peel regional police services say they are investigating two incidents Ontario’s privacy commissioner has called potential privacy breaches involving police. Toronto po...
May 10, 2018
Federal and Quebec governments fund aluminum smelting breakthrough
SAGUENAY, Que. - Aluminum giants Alcoa Inc. and Rio Tinto Group are teaming up with Apple Inc. and the federal and Quebec governments to commercialize the world’s first carbon-free aluminum smel...
May 10, 2018
RCMP widens investigation in B.C.'s Okanagan after fatal ferry shooting
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP are examining possible links between two violent incidents in British Columbia’s Okanagan less than 24 hours before a deadly police-involved shooting Tuesday on Vancouver...
May 10, 2018
Man apologizes for taping his female colleagues at Newfoundland gym
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A gym employee who secretly recorded female colleagues while they changed apologized to the victims Thursday. Alex Seymour, 24, pleaded guilty to filming two women without the...
May 10, 2018
'Joggling' record: Man sets mark for running while juggling
BOSTON - It won’t land him a spot in the Olympics, but a Massachusetts college student has run one of the fastest miles while juggling - an endeavour called “joggling.” Zach Prescott...
May 10, 2018