Category Archives: Canadian Press
Too many black, Indigenous kids in Ontario child-welfare system, report finds
TORONTO - Black and Indigenous children appear to be put into care in relatively far greater numbers than other racial groups in Ontario, according to a report released Thursday that makes an urgent c...
Apr 12, 2018
Long ball and starting rotation stability helping Blue Jays to strong start
If the Toronto Blue Jays continue their current pace, they will post the best winning percentage for the month of April in franchise history. They’re off to a solid start thanks to a stabilized ...
Apr 12, 2018
Trudeau government should make 'robust' reforms to info law, report card says
OTTAWA - The federal government should make “robust reforms” to the Access to Information Act to finally bring the law into the 21st century, says an independent report card on Canada̵...
Apr 12, 2018
Ottawa awards $15-million contract to remove oil from sunken freighter
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Ottawa has awarded a $15-million contract to a company to remove bulk oil from the Manolis L shipwreck off Newfoundland and Labrador. Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc announ...
Apr 12, 2018
Butcher said 'sorry' after alleged killing, deceased officer says on video
HALIFAX - A blood-caked Nicholas Butcher told an officer he was “sorry” minutes after he informed a 911 dispatcher he had killed his girlfriend and tried to kill himself, the law school gr...
Apr 12, 2018
Healthy midfielder Ghazal still battling for a spot in Whitecaps' lineup
VANCOUVER - Getting healthy again was only part of the challenge for Aly Ghazal to get back on the field with the Vancouver Whitecaps. The hard-nosed midfielder hurt his hamstring in the week prior to...
Apr 12, 2018
Tiger reported running through streets of New York - or not
NEW YORK - A false report of a tiger in the streets of New York has caused a social media frenzy. WNBC says the New York Police Department got a call around 8:30 a.m. Thursday about a tiger in Harlem....
Apr 12, 2018
Vermont bistro owner offers gift for return of cutout
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - A Vermont restaurant owner is offering a $100 gift certificate to the person who returns a life-size cardboard cutout of himself that was stolen from an airport. Bob Conlon sai...
Apr 12, 2018
Canadian long jumper Christabel Nettey wins Commonwealth Games gold
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian Christabel Nettey won gold in the women’s long jump Thursday at the Commonwealth Games. The 26-year-old from Surrey, B.C., jumped 6.84 metres on her first attemp...
Apr 12, 2018
Canadian Blood Services says donations spiked after Humboldt Broncos bus crash
TORONTO - There’s been a national “spike” in donations of blood in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan that left 16 people dead and 13 others injured, the Cana...
Apr 12, 2018