Category Archives: Canadian Press
Doctor who induced labour without patients' consent loses right to practise in Ontario
TORONTO - An obstetrician who admitted to inducing labour in numerous patients without their knowledge or consent violated core tenets of the profession and denied women in his care some of their basi...
Jun 28, 2018
Woodbine CEO Lawson putting on CFL hat in trying to grow Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Jim Lawson is using a very familiar model as he builds the $1-million Queen’s Plate. Woodbine Entertainment Group’s chief executive officer also serves as chairman of the CFLR...
Jun 28, 2018
Bruce McArthur had low risk for violence in 2003, says psychological report
TORONTO - Bruce McArthur had a low risk for violence 15 years ago, says a recently released psychological report conducted after the now-accused serial killer assaulted a man with a pipe. The 66-year-...
Jun 28, 2018
Facing Cuomo, Nixon looks to Ocasio-Cortez win
ALBANY, N.Y. - Up against an entrenched incumbent with a $30 million war chest, Cynthia Nixon is taking inspiration from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s long-shot victory in Tuesday’s Democrati...
Jun 28, 2018
Bacchus and Outlaws biker gangs expanding in Newfoundland, RCMP say
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The expansion of two outlaw motorcycle gangs in Newfoundland and Labrador has drawn the attention of top law enforcement officials. RCMP Staff-Sgt. Stephen Conohan said the Ba...
Jun 28, 2018
Judge denies bail to N.S. teen convicted of 'disturbing' attempt to kill family
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has denied bail to a teenager who locked her adoptive family in their rooms and attempted to burn down the house. The provincial Court of Appeal decision said the “...
Jun 28, 2018
Slavery scholar Willie Lee Rose dead at 91
NEW YORK - A groundbreaking scholar on slavery and Reconstruction has died. Willie Lee Rose was 91. Rose died in her sleep June 20 at a Baltimore retirement community, Johns Hopkins University told Th...
Jun 28, 2018
Military panels should have gender parity, advocate says after N.S. acquittal
HALIFAX - An advocate for sexual assault survivors is calling on the military to incorporate gender parity on court martial panels, after a five-men panel found a Halifax-based military policeman not ...
Jun 28, 2018
Canada's goal is to become world's cleanest producer of LNG: Carr
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says Canada’s pathway to a clean energy future includes not only transitioning to renewable sources of energy but also technology that makes traditio...
Jun 28, 2018
Atlantic City welcomes back 2 shuttered casinos
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Movie stars lent an air of celebrity glitz to a gritty seaside gambling resort Thursday as Atlantic City reclaimed two of its shuttered casinos, and more than 6,000 of the 11,000...
Jun 28, 2018