Category Archives: Canadian Press
Suit claims bullying, sex assault of Forces women:'The accounts are astonishing'
HALIFAX - The Canadian Armed Forces is rife with sexual misconduct and harassment of women, according to a proposed class action lawsuit that claims systemic gender- and sexual orientation-based discr...
Nov 21, 2016
Canada waits for Baghdad to sign off on arms for Kurds amid rising tensions
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s plan to provide weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Middle East militants has hit another snag. More than 10 months after the arms and ammunition were promised, ...
Nov 21, 2016
Highlights from Monday's throne speech at the Manitoba legislature
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government tabled its throne speech Monday, kicking off a new legislative session with promises to wrestle an $846 million deficit inherited from the previous NDP government. H...
Nov 21, 2016
Manitoba government aims to limit wage increases, control spending
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to pass a law to control wage increases in the public sector and aims to eliminate dozens of provincial boards and commissions as it tries to bring down a stub...
Nov 21, 2016
Man accused in B.C. school stabbing breaks silence in court
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A man accused in a deadly stabbing at a British Columbia high school has broken his courtroom silence after rebuffing earlier attempts by court officials and lawyers to engage with ...
Nov 21, 2016
Montreal Impact has familiarity edge with Olympic Stadium artificial turf
MONTREAL - It’s been a long road for Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact to the MLS Eastern Conference final Tuesday. And the Olympic Stadium turf they will be playing on has some history too. It...
Nov 21, 2016
Winnipeg police call fentanyl an epidemic as suspected overdose deaths mount
WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg say fentanyl is an epidemic that is responsible for a growing number of deaths that now include two more suspected fatal overdoses. Const. Jason Michalyshen said officers...
Nov 21, 2016
N.S. wins deal to use coal-fired plants past new federal deadline of 2030
HALIFAX - Ottawa and Nova Scotia announced an agreement in principle Monday that would allow the province to use coal-fired electrical plants beyond the new federal deadline to phase them out by 2030....
Nov 21, 2016
Big Apple Circus files for bankruptcy protection, seeks sale
NEW YORK - The artsy, one-ring Big Apple Circus is filing for bankruptcy protection after four decades of entertaining the world. Circus officials say the troupe, which set up each year at Manhattan&#...
Nov 21, 2016
Preliminary hearing set for next May for suspect in Stampeder shooting
CALGARY - A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for the man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player last September. Nelson Tony Lugela was charged with second-degree murd...
Nov 21, 2016