Category Archives: Canadian Press
Gatineau residents in good spirits as rising flood waters persist
GATINEAU, Que. - Lise Veillette and her husband Jean-Pierre Subercaze lost one car and a few of their belongings before finally deciding Monday to leave their home near the Gatineau River. Flood water...
May 08, 2017
Teen girl was too drunk to consent to sex at beach party, Toronto judge rules
TORONTO - A teenage girl who was in and out of consciousness and had vomited on herself was too drunk to consent to unprotected sex with another intoxicated teen at a beach party last year, a Toronto ...
May 08, 2017
Labrador boys burned in known gas-sniffing house, Innu deputy grand chief says
NATUASHISH, N.L. - The deputy grand chief of the Innu Nation is pleading for help after two boys were burned in a known hangout for gas sniffing in Labrador. Simeon Tshakapesh says the two suffered bu...
May 08, 2017
Erik Karlsson's brilliance has Sens on verge of deepest run in a decade
Alain Vigneault lamented the “average” performance he got from too many of his Rangers in Saturday’s loss to the Ottawa Senators. “And at this time of the year against such a g...
May 08, 2017
Halifax police deleted video of man's arrest, man tells independent watchdog
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog is probing allegations that Halifax police deleted a cellphone video of an arrest outside a downtown bar last month. The Serious Incident Resp...
May 08, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NS-Elxn) The Progressive Conservatives focused on mental health as the Nova Scotia election campaign entered its second week. Leader Jamie Baillie promised Monday to spend $39.7 million on ...
May 08, 2017
More troops, sandbags on way to flood zones in Quebec, Ontario: Goodale
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is defending the federal response to flood relief efforts in Ontario and Quebec, saying the Liberals sent troops and resources immediately after hearing p...
May 08, 2017
Woman jailed in father's stabbing referenced 'Mummy' movie
PITTSBURGH - A western Pennsylvania woman jailed on charges she fatally stabbed her physician father told police she was motivated by the movie “The Mummy Returns.” Police say 27-year-old ...
May 08, 2017
Wall criticizes attempt to link carbon policy with provincial transfer payments
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says any attempt by Ottawa to link transfer money with a province’s carbon tax policy would be a serious attack on federal-provincial relations. Wall says...
May 08, 2017
Man pleads not guilty to killing three people, including father and toddler
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A man accused in the deaths of three people in southwestern Alberta, including a two-year-old girl and her father, has pleaded not guilty. Derek Saretzky, 24, was formally arraigne...
May 08, 2017