Category Archives: Canadian Press

Why Whistler for ski jumping in 2026? Calgary proposal gets pushback
CALGARY - An International Olympic Committee official once said the commute from Vancouver to Whistler, B.C., for the 2010 Winter Games was “too far.” Now, the IOC says it’s OK for C...
Sep 20, 2018
B.C. seniors advocate questions why undiagnosed elderly getting antipsychotics
VANCOUVER - A quarter of people living in long-term care homes in British Columbia are receiving antipsychotic medication without a supporting diagnosis even though they have lower rates of psychiatri...
Sep 20, 2018

Arbitrator awards rural Canada Post carriers pay hike of up to 25 per cent
OTTAWA - Rural and suburban postal workers across Canada celebrated Thursday after an arbitrator ordered Canada Post to pay them more - much more - as part of a long-awaited pay equity decision. For a...
Sep 20, 2018
8 people, including 4 migrants in US illegally, die in crash
PHOENIX - Eight people, including four immigrants in the U.S. illegally, were killed in a head-on crash on an Arizona highway, authorities said Thursday. The crash occurred late Wednesday in a rural p...
Sep 20, 2018

Native American teens stopped on college tour urge changes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour earlier this year has demanded the school make policy changes, saying Thursday that campus...
Sep 20, 2018

Canada's Beckie Scott says WADA decision "disappointing beyond measure"
Athletes, investigators, anti-doping officials and national sport committees all knew that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s reinstatement from a doping scandal suspension was likely coming. It d...
Sep 20, 2018
Top court clears way for suing police; men waited until criminal charges over
TORONTO - Canada’s top court has paved the way for a pair of separate civil lawsuits to proceed by affirming earlier rulings that two men alleging police assaulted them were justified in waiting...
Sep 20, 2018

Ontario government moves to scrap Green Energy Act
TORONTO - Months after cancelling hundreds of renewable energy contracts, the Ontario government introduced legislation Thursday to scrap a law that aimed to bolster the province’s green energy ...
Sep 20, 2018
Harvard's Hasty Pudding casts first women in 175 years
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding theatre troupe has cast its first women after nearly two centuries of all-male productions. The group says six women have been chosen to per...
Sep 20, 2018

Patience paying off for Calgary Stampeders receiver Juwan Brescacin
Juwan Brescacin is living proof of just how valuable depth is in the CFL. The Calgary Stampeders (10-2) continue to roll along this season despite the loss of stalwart receivers Eric Rogers (knee), Ka...
Sep 20, 2018