Category Archives: Canadian Press

When singer-songwriter Kinley Dowling released a song two years ago detailing her prom night rape, she didn’t set out to become an advocate for survivors of sexual assault. But Dowling said her ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Indian actress Sridevi drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai police said in a statement Monday, though two police officials said she was also...

HALIFAX - The sentencing hearing for a sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has been delayed yet again - this time for a change of la...

HOPE, B.C. - Graham Zillwood has witnessed numerous crashes outside his front window on a notorious stretch of British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway, but nothing like the chain-reaction crash Su...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A Slovak investigative reporter and his girlfriend were shot dead in their home in an attack likely linked to his reporting on tax evasion, Slovakia’s top police officia...

Four stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 26 --- ATWAL CLAIMS HE BOWED OUT OF TRUDEAU EVENT IN INDIA A man with an attempted murder conviction who was invited to a reception with Justin Trudeau in Ind...

TORONTO - The sentencing hearing for a former top Ontario political aide caught up in the province’s gas plants scandal heard glowing accounts of his character on Monday as the prosecution calle...

BEIRUT - As a U.N. cease-fire failed to take hold in Syria, Russia on Monday ordered a daily “humanitarian pause” to allow civilians to evacuate an embattled rebel-held enclave near Damasc...

NASSAU, Bahamas - Brady Heslip had a team-high 19 points as the Canadian men’s basketball team beat the Bahamas 113-67 on Sunday in first-round play at the FIBA Americas World Cup qualifier. Mel...

TORONTO - It’s a call for help that most physicians worry about when taking a flight: “Is there a doctor on board?” What it heralds is an urgent medical issue, usually involving a pa...