Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police called after Nova Scotia cleaners mop, vacuum wrong house
HALIFAX - Homeowners who thought they had been robbed got a happy surprise instead: Their house was cleaned for free by cleaners who went to the wrong address. Police say the two women went to the hom...
Oct 18, 2018
Problems plagued military trip that led to charges against former NHLer: Report
OTTAWA - Canada’s top general is overhauling military morale-boosting tours after an internal investigation uncovered the extent of the problems with a 2017 trip to Latvia that resulted in a sex...
Oct 18, 2018
Michael Vick's father gets 5 years for drug-ring role
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The father of former pro-football star Michael Vick has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a drug ring. News outlets report 56-year-old Michael Dwayne B...
Oct 18, 2018
Change coming, Francois Legault vows as he becomes Quebec premier
Quebec Premier Francois Legault promised to bring renewal and change to the province’s politics Thursday after his convincing election victory ended nearly 50 years of Liberal and Parti Quebecoi...
Oct 18, 2018
Actor Bruce Willis sells central Idaho ranch for $5.5M
HAILEY, Idaho - Actor Bruce Willis has sold his 20-acre (8-hectare) ranch in central Idaho for $5.5 million. KTVB-TV reports in a story on Wednesday that’s far below the original asking price of...
Oct 18, 2018
Spain arrests 4, seizes 115 properties in Venezuelan probe
MADRID - Spanish police have arrested a former Venezuelan official and an exiled opposition leader’s relative and seized more than 115 properties in a money-laundering investigation into a ring ...
Oct 18, 2018
Punjabi-Canadians roll into trucking, rerouting a traditional industry
Nachhattar Singh Chohan lived in Canada eight years before he tried his hand at trucking. A former brake plant worker and gas station attendant with farming roots, the then-34-year-old marshalled his ...
Oct 18, 2018
4-year-old boy shot, wounded in apparent case of road rage
WICHITA, Kan. - A man and a woman have been arrested in the shooting of 4-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident after one vehicle cut off another in a Kansas city. Wichita Police Chief Gordon...
Oct 18, 2018
Police lay charges against man accused of jumping naked into shark tank
TORONTO - A British Columbia man is facing charges in two separate but related incidents in Toronto, including one where he’s accused of jumping naked into a shark tank at an aquarium. Toronto P...
Oct 18, 2018
Putin: Russia 'ahead of competition' with latest weapons
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in Russia’s military arsenals but emphasized Thursday that the country would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile...
Oct 18, 2018