Category Archives: Canadian Press
Challenger Frey beats incumbent Hodges for Minneapolis mayor
MINNEAPOLIS - Challenger Jacob Frey won the Minneapolis mayor’s race Wednesday, defeating incumbent Betsy Hodges in a crowded race to lead Minnesota’s largest and most liberal city that wa...
Nov 08, 2017
Mansplaining, hepeating roiling debate at the Alberta legislature
EDMONTON - Gender and vocabulary are clashing on the floor of the Alberta legislature. Premier Rachel Notley, one day after accusing a male opponent of mansplaining, is calling out another for “...
Nov 08, 2017
Police say B.C. farm search continues despite removal of shelters, equipment
SALMON ARM , B.C. - Temporary shelters and heavy equipment have been removed from a British Columbia farm where the remains of an 18-year-old woman were found. But RCMP say the search of the site is a...
Nov 08, 2017
Germany: police detain man hiding python in his pants
BERLIN - A young man detained by police during a drunken argument in Germany was found to be carrying a baby python in his pants, and may be in trouble under animal welfare laws. Police in the southwe...
Nov 08, 2017
'Be vigilant': More reports of Halloween candy tampering emerge in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are investigating two separate cases of straight pins being found in Halloween chocolate bars, adding to a number of candy-tampering incidents across the region. Investigat...
Nov 08, 2017
Montreal journalist, author and filmmaker William Weintraub dead at 91
MONTREAL - William Weintraub, a prolific filmmaker involved in 150 National Film Board productions and a gifted chronicler of Montreal during the city’s heyday and decline, has died at the age o...
Nov 08, 2017
Opioid overdoses hitting Alberta First Nations disproportionately hard: report
EDMONTON - A new report says the rising number of opioid overdoses in Alberta is disproportionately affecting Indigenous people, including more deaths and visits to emergency rooms. Alberta Health say...
Nov 08, 2017
Canadian rising star Shapovalov beats Quinzi at ATP Next Gen Finals
MILAN - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov picked up his first win at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals, defeating Italian qualifier Gianluigi Quinzi 4-1, 4-1, 3-4 (5), 4-3 (5) on Wednesday. Shapovalov,1...
Nov 08, 2017
Decades-long journey at an end for parents of Winnipeg teen killed in 1984
WINNIPEG - Years of legal proceedings in the death of a Winnipeg teenager in 1984 have now come to an end. The Crown has decided not to appeal the acquittal of Mark Edward Grant, who was found not gui...
Nov 08, 2017
Opera to focus on Great War nurses 100 years after hospital ship sinking
TORONTO - The creators of a planned opera about the tragic sinking of a Canadian hospital ship during the First World War say it’s time to resurrect the stories of nurses who died in heroic serv...
Nov 08, 2017