Category Archives: Canadian Press
Two suspects sought in drug-related Calgary killing arrested in Montreal
CALGARY - Two Calgary men have been apprehended by police in Montreal in the shooting death of a 23-year-old man in a home in southeast Calgary on the weekend. The body of Mvemba Eriq Afonso was found...
Nov 02, 2017
Post-secondary groups call for beefed-up mental health services for students
TORONTO - A coalition of Ontario student groups, colleges and universities wants the province to significantly boost services for young people struggling with mental health issues as they pursue post-...
Nov 02, 2017
Remains found on B.C. farm property identified as missing woman Traci Genereaux
SALMON ARM , B.C. - Human remains found at a farm where RCMP have been conducting extensive searches have been identified as those of one of several women who have gone missing in British ColumbiaR...
Nov 02, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Nov. 2
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 2 --- FEDS CALL EMERGENCY MEETING ON CHILD WELFARE Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aborig...
Nov 02, 2017
Poloz says Bank of Canada won't speculate on possible impact of NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada says that to avoid fuelling speculation, the central bank is resisting any in-depth study of what the sudden death of the North America Free Trade Agreement...
Nov 02, 2017
Federal report suggests workplace violence rarely dealt with properly
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an “awakening” is sweeping society about the issue of workplace harassment and violence as the dominoes continue to fall from the Harvey Weinste...
Nov 02, 2017
Payette takes on climate change deniers and horoscopes at science conference
OTTAWA - One month into her new job as Canada’s Governor General, Julie Payette is taking on fake news and bogus science. Payette was the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Canadian Science Pol...
Nov 02, 2017
Volunteers behind National Holocaust Monument hope for snow clearing solution
OTTAWA - Options are being explored to keep the National Holocaust Monument open once the snow falls after it emerged last week that the newly opened site would be closed for winter. The subject was h...
Nov 02, 2017
Nova Scotia mother with mild intellectual disability denied custody of son
SYDNEY, N.S. - A mother with a mild intellectual disability has lost custody of her 18-month-old son after a Nova Scotia judge found she does not have the capacity to parent the child. Nova ScotiaR...
Nov 02, 2017
Toronto, Vancouver home sales above average in October, real estate boards say
VANCOUVER - Canada’s two hottest housing markets experienced above-average home sales last month, according to local real estate board figures, as buyers appear to be snapping up properties ahea...
Nov 02, 2017