Category Archives: Canadian Press
Supervised drug consumption site opens in Lethbridge after spike in overdoses
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A supervised drug consumption site has opened in Lethbridge, Alta., after the city recorded more than 54 overdoses in recent weeks, some from what police are calling a potent batch...
Mar 1, 2018
Jazz hall's signature sousaphone stolen in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - Be on the lookout for a wraparound tuba: Someone has stolen the signature sousaphone belonging to Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Creative director and musician Ben Jaffe wrote about i...
Mar 1, 2018
Prison sentence for Indigenous woman doesn't seem right: B.C. judge
VANCOUVER - A judge in British Columbia has sentenced an Indigenous woman to four years in prison for manslaughter, but says it doesn’t seem right that incarceration was the best available optio...
Mar 1, 2018
Seattle NHL group says it received over 25,000 deposits for season tickets
SEATTLE - A group looking to bring NHL hockey to Seattle says it has received over 25,000 deposits for season tickets through a ticket drive. The Los Angeles-based Oak View Group said on Twitter that ...
Mar 1, 2018
Canadian Federation of Students wary of Liberal threat over campus sex assault
OTTAWA - The largest organization for post-secondary students in Canada is not quite ready to get behind a Liberal threat to consider withdrawing federal funding from universities and colleges that ar...
Mar 1, 2018
Finalists all Canadian as Bach, Gabel, Watts vie for Kazmaier Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as player of the year in U.S. university women’s hockey are from Canada, USA Hockey announced Thursday. Boston...
Mar 1, 2018
Do more to help clear backlog of disabled veterans, critics urge Ottawa
OTTAWA - A promised infusion of cash to help Veterans Affairs Canada address a massive backlog of requests for services from thousands of wounded warriors has sparked mixed reactions - with some feari...
Mar 1, 2018
Delays slow B.C. government's promised poverty reduction plan, says minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s promised plan to fight poverty is taking longer to introduce than originally forecast, says the minister in charge of poverty reduction. Shane Simpson announced pla...
Mar 1, 2018
Eskimos offensive lineman Batiste retires to join Oakland Raiders staff
Edmonton Eskimos offensive lineman D’Anthony Batiste retired Thursday to become the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders. The six-foot-four, 314-pound Ba...
Mar 1, 2018
Trudeau says taxing foreign online businesses would cost Canadians
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting suggestions his government should have moved to tax foreign web giants in his recent budget, saying he doesn’t want to hurt Canadian taxpaye...
Mar 1, 2018