Category Archives: Canadian Press
Edmonton Christian couple says adoption nixed over their views on sexuality
EDMONTON - An evangelical Christian couple is accusing Alberta of discrimination, claiming their application to adopt a child was rejected over their religious views on gay marriage and homosexuality....
Nov 07, 2017
Residents raise concerns about discarded needles, public health workers say harm reduction programs part of solution
As harm reduction programs grow across the country, providing clean needles to drug users, residents in some communities are calling on local governments to do more to clean up public spaces where the...
Nov 07, 2017
Public wholesale, private retail will make up Manitoba marijuana regime
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says marijuana will be sold in the province exclusively through private-sector retail outlets and online stores when recreational use of the drug is legaliz...
Nov 07, 2017
Senator accuses CRA of doing little to fight offshore tax evasion
OTTAWA - About one-fifth of a group of wealthy Canadians who took part in a federal government survey last year didn’t believe that a proposed advertising campaign about a federal crackdown on t...
Nov 07, 2017
McKenna has no regrets about fighting back publicly against sexist comments
OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she hadn’t planned to confront a reporter from the Rebel during a news conference last week, but when the right-wing website posed th...
Nov 07, 2017
Vancouver readies homeowners for empty homes tax; first payments in February
VANCOUVER - Owners of secondary homes in Vancouver that sat vacant for more than six months this year will soon have to pay a new empty homes tax, but it remains to be seen whether it’s having a...
Nov 07, 2017
Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop
FOUNTAIN HILL, Pa. - A Pennsylvania State Police corporal clung to life Tuesday after he was shot three times during a gunfight with a motorist he’d tried to arrest for driving under the influen...
Nov 07, 2017
Photographer Hedison emerges from celebrity shadow in Paris
PARIS - The mass bombings, shootings and other extremist attacks that have anguished Paris inspired American photographer Alexandra Hedison to exhibit her art in the emotionally winded city. “I ...
Nov 07, 2017
Leafs star Matthews sits out practice, will be re-evaluated before Wild game
Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews sat out today’s practice as he continues to recover from what the team calls “general soreness.” Matthews was a game-time decision bef...
Nov 07, 2017
Canada's Denis Shapovalov drops four-set opener at Next Gen Finals
MILAN - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov dropped a 1-4, 4-3 (5), 4-3 (4), 4-1 decision to South Korea’s Hyeon Chung in his opening match Tuesday at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals. Shapovalov, ...
Nov 07, 2017