Category Archives: Canadian Press

Women urge memorial garden at notorious former prison in Kingston
TORONTO - Former inmates and their supporters planned to use Prisoners Justice Day on Friday to renew a push for a memorial at the now defunct Kingston Prison for Women. The infamous penitentiary in K...
Aug 09, 2018

Report finds hundreds of Manitoba civil servants have experienced harassment
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said government culture has to change after a study showed hundreds of civil servants experienced sexual harassment while working but most did not report it...
Aug 09, 2018
A victory for former Crown lawyer behind contentious 'unconquered people' brief
HALIFAX - A Halifax judge has rebuked the Nova Scotia government, waiving its solicitor-client privilege with a former Crown lawyer who is planning to sue the province and its premier for constructive...
Aug 09, 2018
Exxon asked to pay $1.8M for Arkansas oil spill damage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - State and federal officials are asking Exxon Mobil to pay more than $1.8 million in compensation for a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas. The state Game and Fish Commission proposed the s...
Aug 09, 2018

Family of Colten Boushie files lawsuit against RCMP and farmer who killed him
SASKATOON - The family of an Indigenous man shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm has filed lawsuits against the RCMP and the farmer who was acquitted in the killing. Colten Boushie was killed after be...
Aug 09, 2018

Governor's demand pushes Kobach out of Kansas vote count
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday that he will remove himself from the further counting of votes while his Republican primary battle with Gov. Jeff Colyer hangs in the...
Aug 09, 2018

Family says thanks to people who helped victims of Alberta fatal crash
EDMONTON - The brother of one of the six people who died in a fiery crash in Jasper National Park is expressing gratitude to everyone who helped the victims of the tragedy. Tim Dye of Louisiana says t...
Aug 09, 2018

France: 1,600 evacuated as flash floods threaten camp sites
PARIS - Hundreds of rescuers backed by helicopters evacuated about 1,600 people, most of them campers, in three regions of southern France where heavy rain caused flash flooding and transformed rivers...
Aug 09, 2018

No Joke! Tsitsipas upsets Djokovic to reach Rogers Cup quarterfinals
TORONTO - This time last year, Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas had yet to record a victory on the ATP World Tour. His breakthrough season reached another level Thursday when he stunned one of the sp...
Aug 09, 2018

Scientists concerned about endangered orca still pushing body of her calf
VANCOUVER - An endangered orca is not letting go of her newborn calf, whose body she has been pushing through the water for more than two weeks. The whale known as J35 was spotted in coastal waters ne...
Aug 09, 2018