Category Archives: Canadian Press

Paralympian tells court about challenges after accident left her a quadriplegic
REGINA - A Paralympian says doing simple things like recovering from a scratch and making a bed have become immensely more difficult since an accident left her a quadriplegic. Miranda Biletski is suin...
Sep 27, 2017

Life with Alzheimer's is 'OK' 16 months after husband diagnosed: Raitt
OTTAWA - Sixteen months after finding out the love of her life had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Conservative MP Lisa Raitt says she has learned that living with someone who has dementia is t...
Sep 27, 2017
Second children's hospital executive quits in N.S. as investigation unfolds
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s health minister says he still has confidence in Atlantic Canada’s largest children’s hospital after a second senior executive resigned in the wake of a scanda...
Sep 27, 2017
Correctional officers plead for federal help including national treatment centre
OTTAWA - Prison staff suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder need a national treatment centre to help them, the union representing Canada’s correctional officers said Tuesday as it urged ...
Sep 27, 2017
Halifax police officer charged with assault after arrest outside downtown bar
HALIFAX - A Halifax Regional Police officer has been charged with assault following an arrest outside a downtown bar last spring. Ron MacDonald, director of the Serious Incident Response Team, said th...
Sep 27, 2017

Thousands line up in Halifax as Ikea opens first of 12 new Canadian stores
HALIFAX - Several thousand people lined up early Wednesday to enter Ikea Halifax, as the firm launched the first of its 12 openings across Canada amidst circus performers, political speeches and a Swe...
Sep 27, 2017

Liberals urged to retaliate against Boeing, White House after Bombardier ruling
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government faced pressure Wednesday to fire back at Boeing and the Trump administration after the U.S. Commerce Department dealt a huge blow to Montreal aerospace firm Bombardier....
Sep 27, 2017

Victoria Cross awarded to Canadian Second World War hero sold to UK buyer
A Victoria Cross and other medals awarded to one of Canada’s Second World War heroes have been sold at auction to a buyer in the United Kingdom for $660,000. Maj. David Currie was given the Comm...
Sep 27, 2017
Charges laid in crash that killed three Edmonton women after police chase
REGINA - Saskatchewan RCMP say they followed policy correctly when they called off the pursuit of a stolen truck, which was later involved a deadly crash. Three women from Edmonton were killed and a f...
Sep 27, 2017

Nova Scotia announces $2.7M to help black residents get titles to their land
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is committed to doing the right thing to help African Nova Scotians gain clear title to land that has been in their families for many generations, a ca...
Sep 27, 2017