Category Archives: Canadian Press
Arts group creates colourful tribute to promote healing after Toronto van attack
TORONTO - A local arts organization has set up an installation to help a Toronto community heal after a deadly van attack that devastated the city earlier this year. North York Arts has hung a series ...
Jun 25, 2018
East Coast salt marshes to be restored to battle effects of climate change
HALIFAX - At least four salt water marshes in the Maritimes are to be restored - some of them three centuries after early Acadian farmers first drained them using dikes - in a bid to help absorb the r...
Jun 25, 2018
Life like a nightmare since daughter's fatal beating shared online: mother
WINNIPEG - A young Indigenous woman’s mother has told a sentencing hearing that her life has been a nightmare since her daughter’s fatal beating that was filmed and shared online. “S...
Jun 25, 2018
Correction: Marijuana Medicine story
WASHINGTON - In a story June 25 about a drug derived from marijuana, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the director of the Mayo Clinic’s program for childhood epilepsy. She is Dr...
Jun 25, 2018
Five players to watch ahead of Hockey Hall of Fame induction announcement
The Hockey Hall of Fame will announce its induction class Tuesday. Here are some players who might hear their name called: MARTIN BRODEUR The goaltender is considered by many a lock to go into the Hal...
Jun 25, 2018
Culinary workers call for culture shift as #MeToo puts spotlight on harassment
When Tari Shear got her start in the restaurant industry as a hostess, she says enduring sexual harassment was one of the “expectations” of her job. Forced to put up with unwanted advances...
Jun 25, 2018
A small bird, nest and four eggs hold up major Ottawa music festival
OTTAWA - A small plover and her egg-laden nest are holding hostage the national capital’s biggest music festival. Workers came across the killdeer and its nest just as they were preparing to set...
Jun 25, 2018
El Hadary sets record, Saudis beat Egypt 2-1 at World Cup
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - The oldest person to play in a World Cup match made some spectacular saves Monday. He also watched two go past him. Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary, who is 45, took the field for ...
Jun 25, 2018
Suarez scores again, Uruguay beats host Russia 3-0
SAMARA, Russia - Luis Suarez finally got rattled at this year’s World Cup. Sitting at the podium in the post-match news conference following Uruguay’s 3-0 victory over Russia, a reporter a...
Jun 25, 2018
Lincoln Foundation's Marilyn Monroe dress sells for $50,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation’s unusual ownership of a black dress once belonging to movie star Marilyn Monroe is ending as it sold over the weekend for...
Jun 25, 2018