Category Archives: Canadian Press
Internal review to examine suicides among Ontario Provincial Police
The recent suicides of three officers in as many weeks has prompted Ontario’s provincial police force to launch an internal review on what might be preventing those within its ranks from seeking...
Aug 30, 2018
KML shareholders vote 99% in favour of Trans Mountain pipeline sale to Ottawa
CALGARY - Shareholders in Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. have voted more than 99 per cent in favour of the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project to the federal government for $4.5 billi...
Aug 30, 2018
Health care emerges as prominent issue in Quebec election campaign
MONTREAL - The hot-button issue of health care burst into the spotlight in Quebec’s election campaign Thursday in the form of promises for more family doctors as well as subsidized eyewear for y...
Aug 30, 2018
'Sons of Anarchy' spinoff 'Mayans M.C.' tackles border world
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - When “Sons of Anarchy” debuted in 2008, creator Kurt Sutter repeatedly heard the same comparison: it was the poor, white working class version of the HBO mob series, &#...
Aug 30, 2018
Hamilton hospital opens Indigenous families room in memory of Makayla Sault
A Hamilton children’s hospital has opened an Indigenous families room in memory of an 11-year-old First Nations girl who opted out of chemotherapy in favour of alternative healing methods to tre...
Aug 30, 2018
Nova Scotia premier says no justification for Veterans Affairs help for murderer
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier is questioning the justification for Veterans Affairs Canada’s decision to pay for the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man who murdered an off-duty police offic...
Aug 30, 2018
Report: Panasonic to move European headquarters out of UK
LONDON - Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has become the latest company to announce plans to move its European headquarters out of Britain ahead of Brexit. The Nikkei Asian Review newspaper report...
Aug 30, 2018
US consumer spending up a solid 0.4 per cent in July
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending rose a solid 0.4 per cent in July, the sixth straight month of healthy gains. At the same time, a key gauge of inflation posted its sharpest annual gain in six year...
Aug 30, 2018
Health agency to mine social media for study on suicide trends, risk factors
OTTAWA - Federal health researchers are looking to mine social media to more quickly identify suicide-related behaviours, instead of relying on woefully outdated data. What the Public Health Agency of...
Aug 30, 2018
Prince Harry, Meghan join Lin-Manuel Miranda at 'Hamilton'
LONDON - Prince Harry sang and joked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the stage of “Hamilton,” after he and his wife Meghan joined audiences for a gala charity performance of the smash-hit music...
Aug 30, 2018