Category Archives: Canadian Press
Prison watchdog says politicians need to put McClintic transfer 'behind us'
OTTAWA - When politicians use particular criminal cases to inflame their supporters it doesn’t help public safety, Canada’s corrections ombudsman said Tuesday. While ombudsman Ivan Zinger ...
Oct 30, 2018
Infantino expects release of info from cyberattack on FIFA
LONDON - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is braced for a release of private information gained by hackers after world soccer’s governing body said its computer network was subject to another cyb...
Oct 30, 2018
Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit for giant telescope
HONOLULU - After years of delay, including lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those willing to be arrested for blocking construction crews, builders of a giant telescope plan to move f...
Oct 30, 2018
CNN goes after Trump in wake of explosive devices
NEW YORK - CNN’s management has taken an aggressive stance against attacks from President Donald Trump after the network was sent explosive devices from a man who allegedly targeted Trump’...
Oct 30, 2018
Authorities: 3 dead with gunshot wounds in rural Georgia
FOLKSTON, Ga. - Authorities said Tuesday evening that they are investigating the shootings of two women and a 15-year-old boy found dead at a home in rural southeast Georgia as an apparent double homi...
Oct 30, 2018
New statistics point to increases in pot, cigarette smoking
OTTAWA - New Health Canada figures say Canadians over 25 smoked more tobacco and cannabis last year than they did two years before. Health Canada closely tracks trends in tobacco, alcohol and drug use...
Oct 30, 2018
American missionary killed in Cameroon amid armed conflict
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - An American missionary died Tuesday after being shot in the head amid fighting between armed separatists and soldiers in northwestern Cameroon, the director of the regional hospita...
Oct 30, 2018
Raonic beats Tsonga at Paris Masters, Federer next
PARIS - Canada’s Milos Raonic came from a set down and advanced to the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday with a tough 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) win over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tso...
Oct 30, 2018
Suspect admits to stabbing deaths of man, woman at Alberta work camp
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A trial in northern Alberta is hearing grisly details about a work camp cook who killed two other workers - stabbing one man more than 70 times, cutting off parts of his body a...
Oct 30, 2018
Manitoba Tories show some support for Liberal bill banning weight discrimination
WINNIPEG - A move to ban discrimination based on weight and size under Manitoba’s human rights code has moved a step closer to becoming law, although the Progressive Conservative government has ...
Oct 30, 2018