Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Behind in our preparation:' Nunavut rushing to meet pot deadline
IQALUIT, Nunavut - With marijuana legalization only months away, members of Nunavut’s new government are finally discussing how the territory will handle the change. “We do feel behind in ...
Feb 18, 2018

Murder trial of former Newfoundland athlete enters final phase this week
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Anne Norris appears an unlikely killer. The former elite Newfoundland athlete, whose father was once the province’s top civil servant, admits she repeatedly hit Marcel R...
Feb 18, 2018

Doping charge could hurt Russia's chance at reinstatement
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Russia could lose its chance to be reinstated before the end of the Winter Olympics because of a doping charge against curling bronze medallist Alexander Krushelnitsk...
Feb 18, 2018

New Brunswick teen behind good-deed movement #BeccaToldMeTo dies of cancer at 18
RIVERVIEW, N.B. - A New Brunswick teenager who turned a terminal prognosis into an online movement that has inspired acts of kindness across the globe has died of brain cancer. Rebecca Schofield of Ri...
Feb 18, 2018

Sajjan asks Trudeau to meet Indian politician behind Sikh separatist controversy
AGRA, India - The Canadian government is now seeking a meeting with the Indian politician who publicly accused members of Trudeau’s cabinet of being connected to the Sikh separatist movement. Wh...
Feb 18, 2018

No one measure will fix B.C. housing crisis, but budget will start: ministers
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s New Democrats are promising initiatives in Tuesday’s budget to increase the supply of affordable homes for families, students and seniors, while also bringing...
Feb 18, 2018
Some facts about B.C.'s PharmaNet as a mother calls for better use of system
VANCOUVER - Some facts about PharmaNet, British Columbia’s unique network that records information about prescription medications: - PharmaNet was launched by the Health Ministry in 1995 mostly ...
Feb 18, 2018

B.C. mom whose two sons overdosed urges doctors to check prescription history
VANCOUVER - Helen Jennens flips through two sets of documents - one for each son who fatally overdosed. Letters she sent in both cases to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia all...
Feb 18, 2018

Senegalese man suing Quebec congregation for alleged sexual abuse in Africa
MONTREAL - A Senegalese man is suing a Quebec-based Catholic congregation for $1.4 million, alleging one of its brothers sexually abused him when he was a boy in the 1980s at a school the religious or...
Feb 18, 2018

Olympic Roundup: Slopestyle skier Beaulieu-Marchand boosts Canada's medal haul with bronze
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Freestyle skier Alex Beaulieu-Marchand used the best run of his life to boost Canada’s medal total at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Sunday. The 23-year-old from Q...
Feb 18, 2018