Category Archives: Canadian Press
Coast Guard document: Tourist boat violated inspection terms
ST. LOUIS - A tourist boat was on the lake despite wind speeds far exceeding allowable limits when it sank last month in Missouri, killing 17 people, according to a certificate of inspection made publ...
Aug 01, 2018
Raptors will play pair of pre-season games in Vancouver, Montreal
Vancouver will get the first glimpse at the new-look Toronto Raptors. The Raptors will visit Vancouver and Montreal again as part of their five-game pre-season schedule, beginning on Sept. 29 when the...
Aug 01, 2018
Search continues for entangled right whale spotted in the Bay of Fundy
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - A day after heavy fog forced searchers to retreat back to shore, the hunt for an entangled North Atlantic right whale resumed Wednesday in the Bay of Fundy. The whale, identified a...
Aug 01, 2018
Disputed frozen embryo awarded to ex-wife; contract law applies, judge rules
TORONTO - A frozen embryo sold to a now divorced couple belongs to the ex-wife and can be implanted in her, an Ontario court has ruled in what appears to be a precedent-setting case. The decision as t...
Aug 01, 2018
Court strikes down Trump push to cut 'sanctuary city' funds
SAN FRANCISCO - A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a key part of President Donald Trump’s contentious effort to crack down on cities and states that limit co-operation with im...
Aug 01, 2018
Colorado man fined $1K for repeatedly feeding bears
DURANGO, Colo. - A Colorado man has been fined $1,000 for intentionally feeding bears for the third time in the past eight years. The Durango Herald reports a resident reported to Colorado Parks and W...
Aug 01, 2018
Expect job market moderation in the months ahead, internal memo tells Morneau
OTTAWA - An internal federal analysis foresees a stretch of job-market moderation in Canada’s near future following an extended period of healthy employment growth - an economic shift expected t...
Aug 01, 2018
Banff RCMP searching for coal miners lamp that disappeared from ghost town
BANFF, Alta. - Police are asking for help finding a 1900s-era coal miners lamp that was removed from a historic site in Banff National Park. Banff RCMP received a report on Saturday that the artifact ...
Aug 01, 2018
Final wild cards announced for Rogers Cup tournaments in Toronto and Montreal
TORONTO - Rising star Felix Auger-Aliassime is among five Canadians who earned a wild-card berth into the 2018 Rogers Cup. Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday the final five wild-card recipients for ...
Aug 01, 2018
Ten years after his death, Montreal teen's supporters deplore lack of recognition
MONTREAL - Supporters of a Montreal teen who was killed by a city police officer in 2008 are lamenting the lack of any kind of lasting memorial in his honour as they prepare to mark the 10-year annive...
Aug 01, 2018