Category Archives: Canadian Press
For Canadians in queue for long-term care spots, waiting costs 'astronomical'
HALIFAX - The younger sisters of Maureen Dares sit with her in a Halifax hotel room, hoping for a call to say she has a place go before their money runs out. The 58-year-old woman with multiple sclero...
Nov 06, 2017
Canadian's Passchendaele Victoria Cross to go on sale a century after it was won
OTTAWA - Passchendaele. More than 500,000 people, including 15,000 Canadians, were killed or wounded during the prolonged fight, as weeks of rain and shell fire churned the battlefield into a sea of m...
Nov 06, 2017
Ex-Gitmo captive set to sue Canada for $50 million for alleged complicity in torture
TORONTO - An Algerian man is set to sue the federal government for the abuses he says he suffered at the hands of American security forces after he left Canada 15 years ago. The unproven allegations b...
Nov 06, 2017
Valerie Plante's election signals a move away from old-style politics: analyst
MONTREAL - Valerie Plante’s election as Montreal mayor sends a clear message that people are tired of old-style politics, according to one political scientist. Concordia University’s Danie...
Nov 06, 2017
Four federal byelections, including in Judy Foote's former riding, to be held in December
OTTAWA - Voters in four ridings across the country, including that of former Public Services Minister Judy Foote, will head to the polls for byelections on Dec. 11. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau annou...
Nov 06, 2017
Regulator rejects Via Rail's efforts to limit wheelchair access
TORONTO - The Canadian Transportation Agency is rejecting Via Rail’s efforts to limit access on its trains for passengers using wheelchairs and other mobility aids. The national rail provider ha...
Nov 06, 2017
Women and children first: How an elusive maritime custom evolved - and waned
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - There were outraged headlines around the world when about 80 women and children were left to die in the freezing North Atlantic off Newfoundland as crew members raced to save ...
Nov 06, 2017
Trudeau calls Texas church shooting 'senseless and horrific act of violence'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling a mass shooting at a church in south Texas a “senseless and horrific act of violence.” Trudeau issued a statement Sunday night saying it i...
Nov 06, 2017
Federal NDP leader witnesses opioid overdose crisis, break his heart
VICTORIA - Jagmeet Singh says he’s witnessed the devastation of British Columbia’s opioid overdose epidemic and it breaks his heart. The federal New Democrat Party leader said he visited a...
Nov 06, 2017
Some of the fallout in Canada of the leak of the Panama Papers
For the second time in recent years, a massive leak of data about offshore tax havens has sent shockwaves around the world. The Paradise Papers were released on Sunday after reporting by an internatio...
Nov 06, 2017