Category Archives: Canadian Press
Saskatchewan AIDS worker calls for more drug pipes to combat high HIV rates
REGINA - An AIDS support worker in Saskatchewan says pipes should be more available to drug users if the province wants to reduce HIV rates that are among the highest in North America. Jason Mercredi ...
Aug 13, 2018
Husband escapes, wife missing after car swept off roadway in B.C. mudslide
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Search crews are looking for a woman who was inside a vintage convertible that was swept off a highway in a mudslide in the province’s Interior on Saturday. RCMP Sgt. Janelle...
Aug 13, 2018
CRTC asked to investigate dispute involving excessive and dropped calls
OTTAWA - Canada’s telecom regulator has been asked to intervene in a battle between rival wireless carriers that is causing failed connections for hundreds of cellphone users, particularly in th...
Aug 13, 2018
Senators sign forward Brady Tkachuk to three-year, entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Brady Tkachuk to a three-year, entry-level contract. The 18-year-old St. Louis native was selected fourth overall by Ottawa in the first round of last ...
Aug 13, 2018
Ontario wants feds to foot $200M bill for asylum seekers in the province
OTTAWA - Ontario is renewing its demand that the federal government foot the entire bill for services provided to thousands of irregular border crossers who are seeking asylum in the province. Lisa Ma...
Aug 13, 2018
Ontario pauses opening three overdose-prevention sites as it conducts review
TORONTO - Ontario has paused plans to open three new temporary overdose-prevention sites as it conducts a review to determine if such facilities will continue to operate in the province. Health Minist...
Aug 13, 2018
Sean Young under investigation for alleged laptop theft
NEW YORK - Actress Sean Young was under investigation Monday in New York after the alleged theft of two laptops belonging to a production company that fired her from a new film she was directing. A Ne...
Aug 13, 2018
Alleged extremist recruiter's lawyers push for info underpinning CSIS warrant
OTTAWA - Lawyers for Awso Peshdary, an accused extremist recruiter, are asking a judge to hear their pleas for access to information they say could help their client’s case. Defence counsel want...
Aug 13, 2018
Young West Coast orca in a tough slog to keep up with her pod: experts
VANCOUVER - A wildlife biologist says an ailing female killer whale off the West Coast of Washington state is “slogging along” with her pod, but is at times unable to keep up. A veterinari...
Aug 13, 2018
Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday. Aircraft...
Aug 11, 2018