Category Archives: Canadian Press
Legal push for private health care prioritizes profit over patients: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A private clinic’s legal crusade to expand the role of the free market in Canada’s public health-care system puts profit over patients and would lead to greater hardship for mo...
Sep 14, 2016

DNA and an SUV: A look at the case against murder suspect Travis Vader
EDMONTON - A judge is expected to deliver a verdict today in the first-degree murder trial of Travis Vader. Vader, 44, has pleaded not guilty in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, an Alberta couple ...
Sep 14, 2016
The legal road for Travis Vader in case of Alberta couple's disappearance
EDMONTON - A judge is to release his verdict today for a man accused in the deaths of two Alberta seniors. Lyle and Marie McCann vanished six years ago after they headed out on a camping trip. Travis ...
Sep 14, 2016
McCann family prepares for verdict in Travis Vader first-degree murder trial
EDMONTON - Bret McCann hopes a verdict Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing his parents and hiding their bodies will end a six-year-long nightmare for his family. Travis Vader has pleaded...
Sep 14, 2016
Fewer teens smoke tobacco, but pot use popular
OTTAWA - A new federal survey suggests the percentage of students who smoke tobacco fell to about three per cent in 2014-15 from four per cent a year earlier. The Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and...
Sep 14, 2016
Military faces challenge in push to hire hundreds of new procurement staff
OTTAWA - The Defence Department’s procurement chief says he is having a hard time finding experienced personnel as he hires hundreds of new employees to help untangle the snarled military purcha...
Sep 14, 2016

Rock bottom: Jays head into road trip hoping to stop the bleeding
TORONTO - Marco Estrada’s words were confident and optimistic, but the soft tone of the Toronto right-hander’s voice and glum look on his face told a different story as he tried to explain...
Sep 14, 2016

Ryan Lochte protesters defend TV show ambush after arrest
LOS ANGELES - The protesters who ambushed Ryan Lochte on “Dancing with the Stars” are defending their actions after being released from jail. Sam Satoodeh and Barzeen Soroudi were arrested...
Sep 14, 2016
Ben Cherington hired as Blue Jays vice-president of baseball operations
TORONTO - Ben Cherington was hired as the Toronto Blue Jays new vice-president of baseball operations on Wednesday. Cherington spent most of his career with the Boston Red Sox organization. He and Jed...
Sep 14, 2016
Appeal court upholds acquittal of Nova Scotia woman in 'Mr. Big' sting
HALIFAX - A new Nova Scotia Appeal Court ruling raises fresh questions about the police use of so-called “Mr. Big” tactics, dismissing a Crown appeal in the case of a woman acquitted of be...
Sep 14, 2016