Category Archives: Canadian Press
In rare move, pope prays for Malta after journalist is slain
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday joined the chorus of shock over the car bomb slaying of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sending a note expressing his condolences to the ...
Oct 20, 2017
Man arrested near Denzel Washington movie set in Boston
BOSTON - Police say a man has been arrested near the set of the film “Equalizer 2” starring Denzel Washington for robbery and an attempted carjacking. WHDH-TV reports the suspect first too...
Oct 20, 2017
Survivors attend benefit concert for Vegas shooting victims
LAS VEGAS - Some survivors of the Las Vegas mass shooting said they were ready for closure, though they confessed feeling engulfed by anxiety and security fears while gathering in a large group for th...
Oct 20, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Oct. 20
Six stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 20 --- POT ON THE TABLE AS HEALTH MINISTERS MEET It’s cannabis day today at a meeting of federal, provincial and territorial health ministers in Edmonton...
Oct 20, 2017
UBC students learn to care for Indigenous people by understanding racist legacy
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is on mission to train future doctors, dentists and other health-care providers to treat Indigenous patients by learning about the pain inflicted by past...
Oct 20, 2017
B.C. woman plagued by bedbugs on airplane not surprising, says expert
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman plagued by bedbugs on a nine-hour flight to London is a victim of the explosive growth in the critters globally, but travellers shouldn’t worry they’ll...
Oct 20, 2017
La Loche school shooter carried out plan with 'stark efficiency:' Crown
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge is weighing whether a teenager who fatally shot four people and injured seven others at a school and a home in La Loche, Sask., should be sentenced as an adul...
Oct 20, 2017
Feds say police cannabis testing ongoing, rules on edibles in place in one year
EDMONTON - Canada’s health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis around July 2019. “O...
Oct 20, 2017
N.B. judge upholds dismissal of charges in police shooting of businessman
BATHURST, N.B. - A judge has upheld a decision dismissing manslaughter charges against two constables in the police shooting of a New Brunswick businessman. Const. Patrick Bulger and Const. Mathieu Bo...
Oct 20, 2017
TV Academy could boot Weinstein; new allegation revealed
LOS ANGELES - Another influential entertainment organization said Friday it would consider booting disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein as another woman accused the Oscar winner of sexual abuse. The ...
Oct 20, 2017