Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police: Mom killed toddler because he wouldn't eat, listen
BRIDGETON, N.J. - A New Jersey woman accused of killing her toddler son told police she struck the boy because he wouldn’t eat or listen, according to a criminal complaint. Nakira Griner is char...
Feb 11, 2019
Not a rom-com: Mom scouting date for son draws campus ire
TOWSON, Md. - It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and at Towson University in Maryland a mother has been trying so hard to find a date for her son that police are concerned. The Baltimore Sun rep...
Feb 11, 2019
Canada's Taylor Pendrith eyes Web.com Tour after near miss at Q-school
Taylor Pendrith has come to accept that his path to the PGA Tour is going to be longer and have a few more twists and turns than some of his peers. After two injury-plagued seasons, Pendrith just miss...
Feb 11, 2019

Edmonton Eskimos president Len Rhodes not seeking another term with CFL club
EDMONTON - Len Rhodes won’t be seeing another term as the Edmonton Eskimos president and chief executive officer. Board chairman Brad Sparrow made the announcement Monday. Rhodes will leave the ...
Feb 11, 2019

PM asserts full confidence in Wilson-Raybould amid ethics investigation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Monday an investigation by the federal ethics commissioner into an allegation that his office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to ...
Feb 11, 2019

As blackface, assault scandals rage, Virginia's governor, lieutenant stand firm
WASHINGTON - It’s a high-stakes political dumpster fire the likes of which a Canadian scandal junkie would only dare dream. A white governor in the birthplace of American slavery admits to weari...
Feb 11, 2019

Binnington, Bergeron, Strome earn NHL stars of the week honours
NEW YORK - St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron and Chicago Blackhawks centre Dylan Strome have been named the N-H-L three stars of the week. Binnington ...
Feb 11, 2019
New Mexico Chicano leader Tijerina is subject of new film
SANTA FE, N.M. - Reies Lopez Tijerina, a Pentecostal preacher turned activist who led a violent raid of a northern New Mexico courthouse more than 50 years ago and helped sparked the Chicano Movement,...
Feb 11, 2019
Christian Bale says he felt like 'bullfrog' in Cheney role
BERLIN - Christian Bale says transforming himself into former Vice-President Dick Cheney made him feel “like a bullfrog.” Bale has been nominated for a best actor Oscar for his part in ...
Feb 11, 2019
CFLPA tells its players to not make any appearances for CFL office
TORONTO - The CFL Players’ Association has fired back at the league for instructing teams not to pay off-season bonuses to players until after a new collective bargaining agreement is ratified. ...
Feb 11, 2019