Category Archives: Canadian Press
St. Albert's honouring four Humboldt Broncos players close to fundraising goal
ST. ALBERT - The City is close to hitting its goal of $500,000 to honour four Humboldt Broncos who had played for various hockey teams there. Officials with the St. Albert’s Humboldt Remembrance...
Oct 29, 2018
Keith Urban pays tribute to firefighter killed in storm
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Keith Urban paid tribute to a firefighter killed in a crash as the remnants of Hurricane Michael passed through Virginia. News outlets report that the country music star dedicat...
Oct 29, 2018
US government broadcaster to punish workers for Soros report
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government’s international broadcasting agency says it will discipline employees responsible for a television report on philanthropist George Soros that violated its profes...
Oct 29, 2018
Suit says New Hampshire lawmaker hit porn film maker
LOS ANGELES - A New Hampshire state lawmaker producing and starring in a porn film assaulted his business partner in California after he felt his scenes didn’t go well, according to a civil laws...
Oct 29, 2018
100s of Oregon 'witches' paddle down river, minus the brooms
PORTLAND, Ore. - Hundreds of “witches” traded in broomsticks for paddles in Oregon during the last weekend before Halloween. The costumed coven paddled six miles (10 kilometres) on boards ...
Oct 29, 2018
Canadian ski cross racer Duncan retires months after Pyeongchang controversy
Canadian ski cross racer Dave Duncan, who was involved in an alleged car theft and drunk-driving incident at the end of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, has announced his retirement. The 36-year-old fro...
Oct 29, 2018
Man accused of threatening call to public safety minister found not guilty
CALGARY - A judge has found an Alberta man not guilty of making threats against Canada’s public safety minister. Alberta Justice says the charge against Sebastien Taylor has been dismissed. The ...
Oct 29, 2018
Debate over sex work, Islamic head scarf, divides Quebec women's federation
MONTREAL - Members of Quebec’s most prominent women’s group are divided over whether to acknowledge prostitution as a freely chosen career and whether to support all Muslim female public s...
Oct 29, 2018
Singh accuses Trudeau of disrespect for voters after PM leaves 3 ridings vacant
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of playing games with his decision to call one byelection while leaving three other ridings vacant - including the one in which the NDP...
Oct 29, 2018
SNC-Lavalin preliminary inquiry begins in Gadhafi-era fraud and corruption case
MONTREAL - A month-long preliminary inquiry into SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. kicked off Monday, more than three-and-a-half years after federal authorities slapped the construction and engineering giant wit...
Oct 29, 2018