Category Archives: Canadian Press
Constitutional debate over Canada's polygamy law heads back to court
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A decades-long constitutional debate over Canada’s polygamy law is set to flare up again Tuesday, six years after a British Columbia Supreme Court ruled plural marriage is a cr...
Nov 06, 2017
An agony of waiting: Still no answers in N.L. woman's mysterious disappearance
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland family’s agonizing wait for answers was prolonged without explanation Monday as police abruptly cancelled a public update on their investigation into the ...
Nov 06, 2017
Police officer dies after shooting in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A British Columbia police officer is being remembered as a “hero” after he died Monday in an exchange of gunfire with a man accused of shooting at people in a parking lo...
Nov 06, 2017
Saskatchewan rejects Burnaby request over Trans Mountain pipeline
BURNABY, B.C. - A city in British Columbia wants Saskatchewan’s justice minister to withdraw comments suggesting it “is deliberately slowing down” the Trans Mountain pipeline expansi...
Nov 06, 2017
Philanthropist Murray Koffler, founder of Shoppers Drug Mart, dead at 93
TORONTO - Murray Koffler, the founder of Shoppers Drug Mart, has died at the age of 93, according to Loblaw Companies Ltd. Toronto-born Koffler was a pharmacist when he founded Shoppers in 1962. The c...
Nov 06, 2017
British Columbia to increase penalties next year for distracted drivers
VICTORIA - Distracted drivers in British Columbia will soon face higher penalties in a government effort to stop a habit that kills an average of 78 people in motor vehicle accidents every year. Attor...
Nov 06, 2017
De-icing fluid gets into plane's A/C, woman taken to hospital, flight grounded
CALGARY - A WestJet flight going to Houston from Calgary was grounded and a woman aboard a plane was taken to hospital after being exposed to de-icing fluid. The company says crews were de-icing the a...
Nov 06, 2017
Regina school reconsiders Davin name in light of residential school history
REGINA - A Saskatchewan school named after a man who wrote a report recommending residential schools for Indigenous youth wants to know if it should change its name. Regina Public Schools is questioni...
Nov 06, 2017
Little progress in Alberta model's suspected kidnapping in South Carolina
A South Carolina man charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct after an Alberta woman was lured to the United States with the promise of a modelling job remains behind bars. A spokeswoman fo...
Nov 06, 2017
Another hearing set over Cowboys RB Elliott's 6-game ban
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court has set a Thursday hearing as attorneys for Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott seek a longer-lasting injunction to stop his six-game suspension over domesti...
Nov 06, 2017