Category Archives: Canadian Press
Defence opens case at British sailor's sexual assault trial in Halifax
HALIFAX - A British marine has testified that a woman who alleges she was gang raped by at least three sailors made a sexual comment when he knocked on the door of a noisy barracks room at a Halifax-a...
Oct 11, 2018
Judge orders land dispute involving former Alberta chief back to Square 1
CALGARY - A federal judge has sent a land dispute between two families on Canada’s largest First Nation back to Square 1. Justice Michael Manson did not overturn a decision that transferred land...
Oct 11, 2018
Stronach lawsuit lays bare family dispute over control of family firm
TORONTO - A lawsuit by business magnate Frank Stronach seeking $520 million in compensation and damages against his daughter, two grandchildren and others has laid bare a two-year old dispute about co...
Oct 11, 2018
Israeli court: NZ activists must pay for Lorde cancellation
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court has ordered two New Zealand women to pay over $12,000 in damages for allegedly helping persuade the pop singer Lorde to cancel a performance in Israel. The suit was filed ...
Oct 11, 2018
Students speak out about university's handling of reported sexual assault case
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Students at St. Francis Xavier University are speaking out in response to the school’s handling of a reported case of campus rape, calling for a review of its sexual violence ...
Oct 11, 2018
Despite legalization, cannabis remains prohibited for Canadian athletes
TORONTO - Canada’s anti-doping watchdogs are warning athletes that while cannabis use will become legal for the average Canadian as of next weekend, a toke remains taboo for them. CBD is the sho...
Oct 11, 2018
Michelle Obama launches Global Girls Alliance for education
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama has launched a program to help empower girls worldwide through education. The former first lady announced the Global Girls Alliance, which aims to support more than 1,500 g...
Oct 11, 2018
Pot workers won't automatically be denied entry into U.S., border agency says
OTTAWA - Working in Canada’s legal pot industry won’t deprive you of a Disney World holiday but the U.S. government’s about-face for cannabis employees doesn’t change anything ...
Oct 11, 2018
Correction: Border-Abandoned Migrant Families story
PHOENIX - In a story Oct. 12 about immigrants in Arizona, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. A corrected version of the story is...
Oct 11, 2018
StatCan to get cannabis sales data to measure economic impacts, black market
OTTAWA - About two-thirds of casual cannabis users say they didn’t spend a dime on the drug in the past three months, Statistics Canada reported Thursday as it provided the most detailed picture...
Oct 11, 2018