Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pollution more deadly than smoking, AIDS and war, new report says
OTTAWA - Pollution kills more people around the world than war and infectious diseases, says a new report - proof, environmental lobbyists say, of why Canada needs enforceable national air quality sta...
Oct 20, 2017
Premier vows to address 'systemic racism' as N.S. releases report on inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has suffered from institutional racism, Premier Stephen McNeil acknowledged Friday as the government released a report outlining its role in an inquiry into decades of abuses at ...
Oct 20, 2017
B.C. SPCA says noteworthy singing pig tips the scales in search of forever home
VANCOUVER - A pig with personality is searching for a forever farm after being seized during a cruelty investigation in British Columbia. The B.C. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says Lyl...
Oct 20, 2017
Toronto FC looks forward to Atlanta test in MLS regular season finale
TORONTO - With a record crowd and motivated opponent, Sunday’s MLS regular-season finale in Atlanta is just what Toronto FC wants ahead of the playoffs. Iron sharpens iron. And Atlanta United, a...
Oct 20, 2017
U.S. doctor not impartial enough to testify in Ontario life support case: judge
BRAMPTON, Ont. - An American doctor who says he doesn’t believe in brain death will not be allowed to serve as an expert witness in the case of a woman whose family is fighting to keep her on li...
Oct 20, 2017
140 arrested in Malawi after mob attacks on 'vampires'
LILONGWE, Malawi - Deadly mob attacks on people suspected to be “vampires” have led to 140 arrests in Malawi, police said Friday. The situation had spun out of control, the inspector gener...
Oct 20, 2017
Police: Stabbings at Polish shopping mall not terror attack
WARSAW, Poland - A man with a knife stabbed people Friday at a shopping mall in southeastern Poland, killing one person and injuring nine others, police said, ruling out terror or political motives fo...
Oct 20, 2017
IS claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack
KABUL - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in the capital as Afghan officials on Saturday raised the number of casualties from the attack to at lea...
Oct 20, 2017
Closures announced during Detroit-Windsor Tunnel renovations
DETROIT - An underwater commuter traffic tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., is closing for more than a week as part of a nearly $22-million renovation project. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is sch...
Oct 20, 2017
TV Academy votes to consider expelling Harvey Weinstein
NEW YORK - The Television Academy says it has voted to begin disciplinary proceedings against disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein. The academy’s board of governors issued a statement Friday de...
Oct 20, 2017