Category Archives: Canadian Press
Health Canada focus groups find youngest Canadians most skeptical of legal pot
OTTAWA - With apologies to The Who, the kids may not be alright with this. A series of 24 focus groups on perceptions of marijuana legalization commissioned by the federal Liberal government found tha...
Dec 20, 2016
Man shot by RCMP in Nunavut dies in hospital; police say he had firearm
GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - A 21-year-old man has died after being shot by RCMP in Nunavut. RCMP in Gjoa Haven say they got a call Monday afternoon about a suicidal man with a firearm who went to the airpo...
Dec 20, 2016
Release by Dolphins still leaves bitter taste in former CFL player Sam's mouth
Family has helped ease P.K. Sam II’s pain, but not his anger towards Nick Saban. Sam’s father died father died Dec. 14, 2006 at age 49 just over a month after being diagnosed with cancer. ...
Dec 20, 2016
Wynne renews call for a premiers' meeting with Trudeau on health funding
OTTAWA - A day after health-funding talks broke down, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne renewed a call for Justin Trudeau to examine the contentious issue face-to-face with provincial and territorial lea...
Dec 20, 2016
Trudeau sells Trans Mountain decision, talks overdose deaths during B.C. visit
VANCOUVER - During his first visit to British Columbia since the controversial approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grappled with two major issues facing th...
Dec 20, 2016
Alberta man found dead in home with two sons a doting father: relative
SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - Corry MacDougall took his two sons to their hockey games, and coaches say nothing seemed amiss, the day before the three were found dead in what police say was a double murder-su...
Dec 20, 2016
The Latest: Search warrant unsealed in Clinton email probe
NEW YORK - The Latest on the unsealing of a search warrant for Hillary Clinton’s emails (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A federal court in New York has released redacted copies of the search warran...
Dec 20, 2016
Alberta judge criticized in sexual assault case takes early retirement
RED DEER, Alta. - A judge who came under fire from Alberta’s appeal court for ruling a rape complainant in a sexual assault case consented after tiring from fighting off her attacker has decided...
Dec 20, 2016
Joey Abrams stepping down as the Montreal Alouettes assistant GM
MONTREAL - Joey Abrams stepped down Tuesday as the Montreal Alouettes assistant general manager. Abrams spent 12 seasons with the Alouettes, the last year as assistant to former GM Jim Popp. Abrams...
Dec 20, 2016
Trudeau promises debate on peacekeeping mission, stops short on vote
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says MPs will get a chance to debate the Liberal government’s plan to send Canadian troops on UN peacekeeping missions, but he won’t quite promise a vote on any fut...
Dec 20, 2016