Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec environmentalists launch climate change lawsuit against Ottawa
MONTREAL - A group of young Quebecers is going to court claiming their fundamental rights have been violated as a result of federal government inaction on climate change. The group Environnement Jeune...
Nov 26, 2018
Quebec teen's hospital death from morphine 'highly preventable,' coroner finds
MONTREAL - When Jimmy Lee Durocher, a 17-year-old in otherwise perfect health, went into the operating room Jan. 14 at a hospital in St-Charles-Borromee, Que., his family expected it would be a routin...
Nov 26, 2018
Housing watchdog at risk as Liberals worry about too much bureaucracy
OTTAWA - Worried that they’d create too much new bureaucracy by hiring a new watchdog and setting up an adjudication system to enforce a right to housing they’ve promised, the federal Libe...
Nov 26, 2018
B.C. chief tells pipeline hearings his people are responsible for their land
VICTORIA - Protection of salmon, animals and the land in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia is an eternal responsibility of First Nations and the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline poses risk...
Nov 26, 2018
Alberta declares beer trade fight with Ontario over access to liquor stores
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is opening a new front in its beer war with other provinces by targeting Ontario for what it says are its unfair trade barriers to Alberta-made suds and other alcohol...
Nov 26, 2018
Jets RW Laine, Knights G Fleury, Bolts RW Kucherov named three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets right-wing Patrik Laine, Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Lain...
Nov 26, 2018
Canadians place veteran defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers as Weber nears return
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have placed defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers. The 30-year-old has an assist and a plus-2 differential in eight games this season. He had a goal and 11 points in 82 g...
Nov 26, 2018
Venezuela holds onto prized US refineries amid legal battle
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela will hold onto its U.S.-based Citgo refineries, settling a long-standing dispute that threw ownership of the crisis-wracked country’s prized assets into peril as i...
Nov 26, 2018
Liberals say government must show it can pay for promises as legislature returns
MONTREAL - Quebec’s legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for the first time since the Oct. 1 election, and Premier Francois Legault has two weeks before the winter break to begin delivering on hi...
Nov 26, 2018
Defrocked Arctic priest Erik Dejaeger loses appeal of sex abuse convictions
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A defrocked Arctic priest jailed for abusing dozens of Inuit children has lost an appeal of his convictions and sentence. Erik Dejaeger, 71, will continue to serve his 19-year term ...
Nov 26, 2018