Category Archives: Canadian Press

Trans Mountain response not just about one pipeline, says Trudeau
OTTAWA - The future of resource development across Canada depends on the federal government responding correctly to a court ruling that has stalled the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Justin Trudea...
Sep 07, 2018

Lack of treatment for sexual assault victim unacceptable: Nova Scotia premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says a hospital’s decision to turn away a young sexual assault victim was unacceptable, and the province is trying to determine who is responsible. R...
Sep 07, 2018
Mayors ask federal government to take over Ontario's basic income pilot
TORONTO - The mayors of four Ontario cities are urging the federal government to take over a basic income pilot project that’s being cut short by the province, arguing the program provides valua...
Sep 07, 2018

Police still searching for suspects in St. Catharines, Ont., shooting
The search for two young men believed to be behind a shooting that wounded three people in a small southern Ontario city stretched into a second day on Friday as investigators worked to identify the s...
Sep 07, 2018
Human rights board finds Nova Scotia discriminated against wheelchair users
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government discriminated against people in wheelchairs by failing to enforce a regulation requiring restaurants to have accessible bathrooms, a human rights board of inquiry ...
Sep 07, 2018
Insurer reports 'high volume' of claims after acid spills on B.C. highway
TRAIL, B.C. - Thousands of insurance claims have been made in the wake of two acid spills along a southeastern British Columbia highway earlier this year that damaged vehicles. Insurance Corporation o...
Sep 07, 2018

British sailor accused of sexual assault hospitalized, delaying trial
HALIFAX - A British sailor on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a Halifax woman has been hospitalized, delaying proceedings in Nova Scotia Supreme Court yet again. Darren Smalley and Simon Radfo...
Sep 07, 2018

Ex-Cowboys running back Joseph Randle facing rape charge
WICHITA, Kan. - Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has been arrested in Kansas on suspicion of rape. Records show that Randle was booked into Sedgwick County Jail at around 3:40 a.m. Fri...
Sep 07, 2018

'I'm dancing a happy dance': Breast cancer survivor wins a political victory
FREDERICTON - A breast cancer survivor and advocate had a sweet victory Friday: She saw the two leading parties adopt her cause as platform planks for the Sept. 24 New Brunswick election. “IR...
Sep 07, 2018

Coalition government would expel immigrants who fail to learn French in 3 years
MONTREAL - The perennially divisive topic of language politics surfaced on the Quebec campaign trail Friday as the leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec promised his government would force new immigra...
Sep 07, 2018