Category Archives: Canadian Press
Few details on how new security rules impact Canadians flying into U.S.
TORONTO - Canadian travellers flying into the United States are subject to new security protocols implemented Thursday but airlines weren’t saying much about what the screening procedures entail...
Oct 26, 2017
Meet Gurratan Singh, NDP leader's brother and regular reality check
OTTAWA - It might well be Jagmeet Singh’s secret weapon: a seemingly bottomless well of positive energy that draws fans and followers like bees to a honeypot. Thing is, the new NDP leader doesn&...
Oct 26, 2017
Cyberattacks 'more worrisome than all the other stuff': Bank of Canada governor
OTTAWA - Of all the economic fears that could keep Stephen Poloz awake at night, the threat of a cyberattack is perhaps the one that troubles him the most. The Bank of Canada governor can talk all day...
Oct 26, 2017
Man sought in rape-murder of Ohio tot shows up in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH - Pennsylvania State Police say a man wanted on charges he raped and killed a 13-month-old girl in Ohio has been spotted at a Pittsburgh convenience store. KDKA-TV reports Joshua Gurto was ...
Oct 26, 2017
Drug company founder indicted in US-wide opioid conspiracy
PHOENIX - U.S. prosecutors brought a fraud and racketeering case Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities across the c...
Oct 26, 2017
Former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan joins NHL front office
NEW YORK - Former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan has joined the NHL’s hockey operations department, the league announced Friday. Doan will work with senior executive vice-president of hockey...
Oct 26, 2017
New child-soldier plan expected at Vancouver peacekeeping summit
OTTAWA - Canada has been quietly championing an initiative aimed at preventing the recruitment and use of child soldiers, which is expected to be unveiled at a major peacekeeping summit in Vancouver n...
Oct 26, 2017
Only one in 10 substantiated sex assaults result in conviction, StatCan says
The vast majority of sexual assaults that have been substantiated by police do not result in a criminal conviction or even make it to court, Statistics Canada said Thursday. New research from the agen...
Oct 26, 2017
From top cop to politician, who is Quebec legislature member Guy Ouellette?
MONTREAL - From policing to politics, much of Guy Ouellette’s career has been spent in the public eye. During Quebec’s biker gang wars of the 1990s, the outspoken provincial police sergean...
Oct 26, 2017
Abandoned, sunken ship in B.C. underscores need for updated law: MP
LADYSMITH, B.C. - A New Democrat member of Parliament from British Columbia is criticizing the federal government for failing to act quickly enough to deal with derelict vessels. The complaints come d...
Oct 26, 2017