Category Archives: Canadian Press
Calf injury could sideline starter Nichols for Bombers regular-season finale
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ quest for an elusive home playoff game might’ve hit a snag. Starter Matt Nichols is questionable for Friday night’s regular-season finale at Calgary after ...
Oct 30, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Oct. 30 --- THREE CABINET MINISTERS HAVE ETHICS SETUP SIMILAR TO MORNEAU: At least three other members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet have p...
Oct 30, 2017
Doctor says Canadian-led heart valve surgery details will 'blow people's minds'
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver cardiologist has presented details of a revolutionary heart valve surgery to thousands of doctors from around the world and says the minimally invasive procedure will “bl...
Oct 30, 2017
'There is no place for racism:' Dal student slams 'anti-Canadian' motion
HALIFAX - A student at Dalhousie University is speaking out against what she calls an “anti-Canadian” motion passed by the school’s student union, saying it has ignited racial tensio...
Oct 30, 2017
Charge withdrawn against man accused of threatening Alberta over carbon tax
EDMONTON - The Crown has withdrawn a charge against a man who was accused of phoning the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and making a death threat over the province...
Oct 30, 2017
Royal Canadian Mint says phoney gold bar was a counterfeit attempt
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank may have looked like the real thing, but was actually a counterfeit. The small gold wafer wasn’t made...
Oct 30, 2017
Experienced skydiver injured after parachute fails in Salmon Arm, B.C.
SALMON ARM , B.C. - An experienced skydiver has landed in hospital after he crashed during a jump in Salmon Arm, B.C. Rick Scott with Skydive Salmon Arm says the man was injured Sunday when his main p...
Oct 30, 2017
Toronto police officer with cocaine in his wallet pleads guilty to misconduct
TORONTO - A disciplinary tribunal will weigh whether a Toronto police officer who had cocaine in his wallet should be demoted for a year and submitted to random drug tests. Det.-Const. Kirk Blake plea...
Oct 30, 2017
Nova Scotia RCMP first in Canada to offer eagle feathers for swearing oaths
HALIFAX - In what is being described as a first for the RCMP, the Mounties in Nova Scotia are now offering victims, witnesses and police officers the option to swear legal oaths on an eagle feather, i...
Oct 30, 2017
Conflict-of-interest screens working well, Trudeau cabinet ministers say
OTTAWA - Several members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet are singing the praises of conflict-of-interest screens they have been using to avoid controversy - and that members of the pr...
Oct 30, 2017