Category Archives: Canadian Press
Health Canada announces ban on oils used for making artificial trans fats
OTTAWA - Health Canada is taking the final steps toward a ban on the main source of artificial trans fats in Canadian diets. The department says it is banning partially hydrogenated oils or PHOs, whic...
Sep 15, 2017
Teen wanted for deportation is accused of California killing
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal immigration agents were tracking a teenager who was facing deportation when he fatally shot a popular community volunteer during a robbery in San Francisco, authorities said Fr...
Sep 15, 2017
B.C. lifts state of emergency over wildfires but danger isn't over: province
VANCOUVER - The provincial state of emergency has been lifted in British Columbia more than two months after thousands of residents were chased from their homes and hundreds of buildings were lost in ...
Sep 15, 2017
Ex-Hudbay Minerals' security guard to be retried for murder in Guatemala
TORONTO - A former security guard for a Canadian-owned mining company accused of killing an Indigenous activist and leaving another paralyzed will have to face a new murder trial, an appeal court in G...
Sep 15, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack coach willing to give his players a second chance
Toronto Wolfpack coach Paul Rowley prides himself on being a good judge of character. Director of rugby Brian Noble, who has seen rugby league from every viewpoint, also knows what to look for in a pl...
Sep 15, 2017
Former Toronto pastor convicted in pregnant wife's death to get new trial
TORONTO - A former pastor convicted of manslaughter in the drowning death of his pregnant wife at their Toronto home has been granted a new trial. In a decision released Friday, the Court of Appeal fo...
Sep 15, 2017
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to revisit Air Canada retirement age issue
TORONTO - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will be revisiting the issue of whether Air Canada was wrong to force some pilots to retire at age 60. A decision publicly released on Friday says the trib...
Sep 15, 2017
'Nothing made it:' Ranch that offered trail rides gutted by Waterton wildfire
WATERTON, Alta. - A family-run horse ranch that was gutted by a southwestern Alberta wildfire this week was a major fixture in Shelby Barrus’s childhood. Alpine Stables, which offered guided tra...
Sep 15, 2017
Butler, Laing return to Argos defence in time to face Edmonton Eskimos
TORONTO - Corey Chamblin has his sack artist back. Defensive linemen Victor Butler and Cleyon Laing return Saturday when Toronto (4-7) hosts the Edmonton Eskimos (7-4) at BMO Field. The two players, w...
Sep 15, 2017
Dirty money? Wads of cut-up cash found in Geneva toilets
GENEVA - Talk about flush with cash. A Geneva official has confirmed a newspaper report that said wads of cut-up 500-euro notes (about $600 each) mysteriously turned up jammed into the toilets of thre...
Sep 15, 2017