Category Archives: Canadian Press
Aboriginal community on edge over alleged hit-and-run death of young Mi'kmaq man
SAINT-CHARLES, N.B. - A grieving New Brunswick First Nation is anxiously awaiting the results of a police probe into the hit-and-run death of a popular young man, with many saying they are seeking a j...
Feb 28, 2018
Oil and gas spending drop linked to competitiveness gap with the United States
CALGARY - Canada’s competitive disadvantage with the United States is being reflected in lower spending plans by oil and gas producers, and Tuesday’s budget does nothing to change that tre...
Feb 28, 2018
Boys to men: #MeToo movement prompts Calgary university lectures on masculinity
CALGARY - The #MeToo movement has created a chance to talk about how boys learn to be men, says a professor of masculinity studies. “This is a teachable moment right now,” the University o...
Feb 28, 2018
Caribou hunting quotas make scapegoats out of northern First Nations: study
Newly published research argues Indigenous hunting didn’t cause the collapse of once-mighty caribou herds in Canada’s North and harvest bans only force First Nations to shoulder the blame ...
Feb 28, 2018
Crown rapped for 'duplicative' charges that led to unreasonable verdict
TORONTO - Ontario’s top court rapped Crown prosecutors on the knuckles on Wednesday for pressing a redundant charge against a woman who hit her sister-in-law in the face with a glass. The critic...
Feb 28, 2018
Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on
WASHINGTON - After the Big Bang, it was cold and black. And then there was light. Now, for the first time, astronomers have glimpsed that dawn of the universe 13.6 billion years ago when the earliest ...
Feb 28, 2018
Retired Montreal subway cars finding second lives as public spaces
MONTREAL - After more than 50 years on the rails, some of Montreal’s retired subway cars will find new vocations this summer as galleries, restaurants and pop-up fashion shops, two local entrepr...
Feb 28, 2018
Quebec man who ordered killings gets exemplary 35-year sentence
MONTREAL - A Quebec man convicted of ordering two murders and two attempted murders was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday - the minimum length of time he must serve before becoming eligible...
Feb 28, 2018
Teacher barricades himself in class, fires gun; no one hurt
ATLANTA - A social studies teacher barricaded himself inside a classroom at a Georgia high school on Wednesday and fired a handgun, sending students running outside or hunkering down in darkened gym l...
Feb 28, 2018
B.C. college of midwives takes court action to ban use of term 'death midwife'
VANCOUVER - Two British Columbia women who call themselves death midwives are facing legal action for using a term that the province’s regulator of midwives says applies exclusively to health pr...
Feb 28, 2018