Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rural policing gets a boost, municipalities get a cut in Saskatchewan budget
REGINA - Here are some of the winners and losers in Saskatchewan’s budget tabled Tuesday: WINNERS: Police: The budget includes $4.9 million in new money to combat rural crime, including 30 new p...
Apr 10, 2018
Nova Scotia's freedom of information web portal down, no word on why
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information and Privacy web portal has been down for six days and there’s no word from the minister responsible whether there’s been a privacy brea...
Apr 10, 2018
Four-time world champion Glenn Howard will take things one season at a time
The current norm on the elite curling scene is to approach lineup decisions and future plans with a full quadrennial in mind. Veteran skip Glenn Howard is bucking that trend by taking things one seaso...
Apr 10, 2018
WTO creates two dispute settlement panels to review U.S. softwood lumber duties
MONTREAL - The World Trade Organization says its dispute settlement body has agreed to establish two panels to examine Canada’s complaint about duties imposed by the United States on softwood lu...
Apr 10, 2018
New technologies dull but don't cure Canada's export oil pipeline headaches
CALGARY - The potential cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is putting a spotlight on oilpatch innovations that might mitigate the need for export capacity as oilsands production ris...
Apr 10, 2018
Edmonton dangerous offender files notice of appeal of convictions, sentence
EDMONTON - An Edmonton man with a history of making violent attacks is appealing his latest convictions and his designation as a dangerous offender. The dangerous offender designation handed to Lance ...
Apr 10, 2018
New DNA analysis could crack 30-year-old murders of Victoria couple
EVERETT, Wash. - Cutting-edge DNA analysis is opening new investigative avenues for police, including sheriffs in Washington state who have been looking into the 30-year-old murders of a young couple ...
Apr 10, 2018
'Despacito,' other videos altered by security breach at Vevo
NEW YORK - “Despacito” and other popular music videos were the target of a security breach on the video sharing service Vevo. The cover image of the Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee hit was replace...
Apr 10, 2018
Honestly given work reference immune from defamation lawsuit, court rules
TORONTO - A woman who sued her former supervisor over a bad reference that cost her a new job lost her bid on Tuesday to overturn a decision throwing out her defamation claim. In its ruling, the Ontar...
Apr 10, 2018
Alberta judge quashes parts of federal sex offender registry law
EDMONTON - Alberta sex criminals convicted of at least two offences will no longer be automatically placed on the national sex offenders registry after a Queen’s Bench judge rejected attempts to...
Apr 10, 2018