Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge says Vancouver can dismantle homeless camp where feces, garbage piling up
VANCOUVER - A judge has granted the City of Vancouver an injunction to dismantle a homeless camp, allowing police to arrest occupants who do not leave or who try to obstruct the removal of shelters. B...
Nov 17, 2016
Regina police find baby safe in vehicle stolen while mom in store
Regina police say they were close to issuing an Amber Alert on Thursday when an SUV with a one-year-old girl asleep in the back seat was stolen while her mother was shopping inside a store. The mother...
Nov 17, 2016
Deer crashes college cross-country race, topples runner
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - A deer sprinting across a Pennsylvania field knocked over a cross-country runner at an NCAA regional race, but the runner got up and finished the race at DeSales University. Satur...
Nov 17, 2016
Reopen NAFTA? Good, because it's out of date, says original negotiator
WASHINGTON - NAFTA is out of date and needs to be brought into the 21st century, says one of the trade agreement’s original negotiators and most ardent champions, adding his voice to the explosi...
Nov 17, 2016
'More common than asthma:' high rates of mental illness among Manitoba kids
WINNIPEG - A new study suggests the rate of mental illness among Manitoba children is almost double the national average, and even higher in Winnipeg’s inner-city neighbourhoods and the province...
Nov 17, 2016
Saskatchewan doctor accused of trading marijuana to get stereo speakers back
REGINA - A Regina doctor is accused of unprofessional conduct for allegedly giving someone he was involved with marijuana so he could get his stereo speakers back. The allegation posted on the website...
Nov 17, 2016
Fire guts historic Montreal building that housed Canada's first cinema
MONTREAL - Fire gutted a historic building in Montreal’s Chinatown district on Thursday that once housed Canada’s first cinema. More than 120 firefighters battled flames leaping out of the...
Nov 17, 2016
Asian shares mixed, Nikkei up as Yellen remarks lift dollar
HONG KONG - Japanese shares rose Friday on the yen’s weakness while other Asian benchmarks wobbled after Fed chair Janet Yellen signalled that policymakers intend to raise interest rates soon. K...
Nov 17, 2016
Scully, Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar to receive Medal of Freedom
LOS ANGELES - Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday at the White House. Scully retired last month after spending his entire 67-year career in th...
Nov 17, 2016
Feds: Barrier to gorilla exhibit entered by boy ineffective
CINCINNATI - A barrier separating Cincinnati Zoo visitors from a gorilla exhibit wasn’t in compliance with standards when a 3-year-old boy slipped inside, resulting in the shooting death of an e...
Nov 17, 2016