Category Archives: Canadian Press

Lorne Grabher wins $750 from province amid lengthy battle over licence plate
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has to reimburse a retiree for a court skirmish over a report suggesting a licence plate bearing his last name supports sexual violence against women. Lorne Grabhe...
Jun 22, 2018

After losses to Scotland and Russia, Canadian men face tough test against U.S.
Canada and the U.S. have authored vastly different stories against the same teams during the June rugby international series. The 15th-ranked U.S. Eagles began by thumping No. 19 Russia 62-13 before e...
Jun 22, 2018

Jodouin joins Laurentian's baseball team, second woman to play for men's team
Julia Jodouin knew she was making waves when she was sitting in class at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School and a notification came up on her phone that Brian Bigger, the mayor of her hometown of ...
Jun 22, 2018

More than 1,000 charges laid against 75 people after Toronto police raids
TORONTO - More than 1,000 charges were laid against 75 members and associates of a Toronto-based gang after police seized guns, drugs and thousands of dollars in cash during a series of early morning ...
Jun 22, 2018

Young N.B. mom jailed for life in murder of teenager stabbed 200 times
MONCTON, N.B. - In a case that captured attention across the East Coast, a young mother has been sentenced to life in prison in the slaying of a Moncton, N.B., teen who had been stabbed about 200 time...
Jun 22, 2018
After lineup photographed, England urges media to help team
MOSCOW - A photo of a scribbled team lineup, spotted in the hands of an assistant coach, threatens to sour the unusually cordial World Cup relations between the England team and its travelling media p...
Jun 22, 2018
Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa leaves hospital after fall
MADRID - Nobel Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has been discharged from a Madrid hospital, 24 hours after sustaining light injuries in a fall at home. The 82-year-old Peruvian writer left the S...
Jun 22, 2018

Crucial Crown evidence ruled out as Dellen Millard's murder trial nears end
TORONTO - A police expert’s testimony suggesting that an aviation executive whose death was initially ruled a suicide could not have killed himself was dismissed Friday as biased and unreliable....
Jun 22, 2018
Quebec crane operators continue strike despite order to return to work
MONTREAL - Quebec’s striking crane operators defied an order to return to work on Friday, as the province’s transport minister announced the government’s intention make the union pay...
Jun 22, 2018

Police: Backup driver in fatal Uber crash was distracted
PHOENIX - The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show “The Voice” on her phone and looking downward just before fatally striking a pedestrian in sub...
Jun 22, 2018