Category Archives: Canadian Press
Calgary's mayoralty race likely a precursor for next provincial election: expert
CALGARY - A strong second-place finish in Calgary’s mayoral race by the former president of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives is likely something the new United Conservative Party will try a...
Oct 17, 2017
Residential school survivors can proactively preserve documents: Bennett
OTTAWA - An effort is underway to tell residential school survivors their records can still be preserved if they choose, says Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett - comments that follow...
Oct 17, 2017
Accused kidnapper testifies he lied to police, did not receive ransom money
OTTAWA - A man accused of holding Amanda Lindhout hostage in Somalia testified in court he did not receive ransom money - even though he twice told undercover RCMP officers he got $10,000 US. Ali Omar...
Oct 17, 2017
Montreal woman heading to Peru to search for son, 22, missing since Sept. 28
A Montreal woman flew to Peru on Tuesday to look for her son, who she said nobody has heard from since he boarded a bus to go on a short trek more than two weeks ago. Alisa Clamen said her son Jesse G...
Oct 17, 2017
Prisoners in Canada among alleged leaders in massive opioid ring: US authorities
Two men imprisoned in Canada are accused of playing a leadership role from behind bars in what American authorities are calling one of the world’s most prolific fentanyl-trafficking and money-la...
Oct 17, 2017
N.B. Mountie replaces girls' stolen tricycles: 'Just absolute genuine kindness'
BLACKS HARBOUR, N.B. - A New Brunswick Mountie is being praised for an act of kindness towards two young girls heartbroken by the theft of their tricycles. The Curtis family of Blacks Harbour, a small...
Oct 17, 2017
Accused admits he shot gun, but says he didn't mean to wound Manitoba Mountie
BRANDON, Man. - A man accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a Manitoba RCMP officer admits he fired the gun but says he never intended to wound the Mountie. Clayton Ewert pleaded guilty in Br...
Oct 17, 2017
Family of Indigenous woman who was decapitated say killers walk free
WINNIPEG - Just one of the many cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women has left a Manitoba community divided, a family struggling with grief and a mistrust of the justice system, a national in...
Oct 17, 2017
Ethics watchdog says blind trust for Morneau's assets 'not required'
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog confirmed Tuesday that she advised Finance Minister Bill Morneau there was no need to put his substantial assets in a blind trust. “I told him that it wasn&#...
Oct 17, 2017
Researchers push for action as Newfoundland seabirds vanish: 'It's shameful'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The small nocturnal birds known as Leach’s storm petrels are a telling symbol of ocean health. But they’ve vanished in the millions since offshore oil production s...
Oct 17, 2017