Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police: Girl, 11, charged in death of toddler in her care
SUITLAND, Md. - An 11-year-old girl has been charged in the death of a toddler who was left alone with while her own mother, who was babysitting the boy, ran an errand, police in Maryland announced Fr...
Mar 01, 2019

Ontario researchers discover how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
Ontario researchers say they have discovered how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, a finding they say could help combat the growing problem. Maikel Rheinstadter, a physics professor with McMas...
Mar 01, 2019
Alliance in holding pattern on Johnny Manziel
Johnny Manziel could wind up as part of the Alliance of American Football. Or he could not. The new league is in a holding pattern regarding the quarterback who had his contract terminated this week b...
Mar 01, 2019
Mississauga MetroStars fire head coach/GM after lengthy losing run
TORONTO - The Mississauga MetroStars have fired coach-GM Phil Ionadi and assistant coach Milodrag Akmadzic-Backo. At 3-13, the expansion team has the second-worst record in the Major Arena Soccer Leag...
Mar 01, 2019
Immigration and clean power top agenda for federal and Atlantic officials
HALIFAX - A federal program aimed at attracting foreign workers to Atlantic Canada will be extended for another two years. The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program was supposed to end this year, but fed...
Mar 01, 2019

Alberta ban on school seclusion rooms comes with possible exemptions
EDMONTON - Alberta Education Minister David Eggen says schools and parents will be able to request exemptions to a ban on seclusion rooms that will take effect this fall. Eggen stresses that regardles...
Mar 01, 2019

Montreal police won't face charges in fatal 2017 shooting of black man: Crown
MONTREAL - The police officers who fatally shot a black man during a 2017 intervention at an east-end Montreal apartment won’t face charges, Quebec’s Crown prosecutors’ office announ...
Mar 01, 2019
Aretha Franklin complained about missing money before death
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities in suburban Detroit are investigating whether someone cheated singer Aretha Franklin by cashing a $178,000 check before her death last August. Oakland County c...
Mar 01, 2019
Alliance in holding pattern on Johnny Manziel
Johnny Manziel could wind up as part of the Alliance of American Football. Or he could not. The new league is in a holding pattern regarding the quarterback who had his contract terminated this week b...
Mar 01, 2019

Canadian government green-lights formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou
OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department gave the go-ahead Friday for an extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, marking the formal start of the high-profile process that has put Canada...
Mar 01, 2019