Category Archives: Canadian Press
Health minister moves to make U.S. EpiPen alternative available in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government says an alternative to EpiPens will be available next month for Canadians with life-threatening allergies. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says she has signed a...
Aug 29, 2018
Some Hydro-Quebec clients still without power after heavy rain and strong winds
MONTREAL - About 15,000 Hydro Quebec customers were still without electricity this morning after heavy rain and strong winds caused damage to power lines Wednesday. The utility says its crews worked t...
Aug 29, 2018
Munoz to take over IndyCar ride while Canadian driver Wickens recovers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will run two cars in the final two races of the 2018 IndyCar season while Canadian driver Robert Wickens recovers from injuries suffered in a crash two we...
Aug 29, 2018
RCMP say three-year-old boy's death in remote Manitoba community a homicide
WINNIPEG - RCMP say the death of a toddler in a remote fly-in Manitoba community is now being investigated as a homicide. Mounties say the Little Grand Rapids detachment received a report of an unresp...
Aug 29, 2018

Post-Pyeongchang departures means new opportunities for Canadian skaters
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The departure of Patrick Chan might have opened up an opportunity in Canadian men’s figure skating, but Keegan Messing will miss having the retired three-time world champion ...
Aug 29, 2018
Canadian Football League releases mid-season results from inaugural media poll
TORONTO - The Calgary Stampeders are tops in the West Division, and a majority of media from across the country not only believe they’ll stay there but will cap their season celebrating a Grey C...
Aug 29, 2018

With win in Canada ticked off career checklist, Henderson focuses on CME race
PORTLAND, Ore. - It took a while for Brooke Henderson’s win at the CP Women’s Open to sink in. The 20-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., made history on Sunday when she became the first Can...
Aug 29, 2018

Federal law on intoxication sex-assault defence unconstitutional: Ontario judge
TORONTO - People accused of sexual assault in Ontario are once again allowed to use excessive intoxication as a defence against criminal charges, a judge has ruled, finding that a federal law preventi...
Aug 29, 2018

Fans stream in for 2nd day of Aretha Franklin public viewing
DETROIT - Mourners streamed in for a second day Wednesday to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin, who was dressed in a different outfit for her final public viewing, as if making a costume change du...
Aug 29, 2018

Dogged determination: Police in southern Manitoba save puppies trapped in tunnel
RIVERS, Man. - Police in southern Manitoba had to get down and dirty when they were called this week about five puppies trapped in a tunnel. Officers from the police service in Rivers, about 40 kilome...
Aug 29, 2018