Category Archives: Canadian Press
In reversal, Trump orders halt to his family separation rule
WASHINGTON - Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Wednesday and signed an executive order halting his administration’s policy of separating ch...
Jun 20, 2018
NewsAlert: AP Sources: Homeland Security secretary drafting order to end family separation at border; unclear if Trump will sign
WASHINGTON - AP Sources: Homeland Security secretary drafting order to end family separation at border; unclear if Trump will sign it. More coming. The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2018
Sights, sounds of World Cup turn Toronto FC training centre into giant rec room
TORONTO - A recent four-day break allowed Toronto FC defender Nick Hagglund to combine two of his favourite pastimes - hanging out with three-month-old daughter Eloise and watching soccer. “I wa...
Jun 20, 2018
Winnipeg educational assistant sentenced to 3 1/2 years for sex with student
WINNIPEG - A former educational assistant who gave a student money, food and drugs as their relationship intensified has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years behind bars for sexual exploitation. Sheryl Dyck,...
Jun 20, 2018
West Virginia Supreme Court justice indicted
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In public, West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry gave speeches about honesty and integrity in government. In private, federal prosecutors say, he was raking in money by...
Jun 20, 2018
Toronto FC rewards goalkeeper Alex Bono with new, improved contract
Toronto FC has rewarded goalkeeper Alex Bono with a new contract. The 24-year-old from Baldwinsville, N.Y., established himself as the club’s first-choice ‘keeper in 2017 and helped the te...
Jun 20, 2018
Military kept alleged sex assault 'in house' at complainant's request: witness
HALIFAX - A Halifax-based military policeman told investigators that he had consensual sex with a female officer while on a naval exercise overseas and was “shocked” when he found out he w...
Jun 20, 2018
Conservatives can 'win anywhere,' Scheer says in welcoming Richard Martel
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer welcomed the newest member of his caucus on Wednesday, saying Richard Martel’s byelection victory on Monday is a harbinger of things to come. Martel, w...
Jun 20, 2018
Ontario's Darlington nuclear reactor to produce isotope used for medical imaging
TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation plans to modify its Darlington nuclear plant to help produce radioactive isotopes used to diagnose such conditions as cancer and heart disease, the Crown corporation...
Jun 20, 2018
'Largest detention ever:' Canadians seize eel meat in 92-country wildlife sting
OTTAWA - An undistinguished shipping container in the Port of Vancouver turned into one of the largest busts of illegal wildlife products in Canadian history. The container held 18 tonnes of eel meat,...
Jun 20, 2018