Category Archives: Canadian Press
One dead, one injured in shooting north of Montreal, Quebec police say
MIRABEL, Que. - Quebec provincial police were combing a rural road north of Montreal on Thursday where two men were shot inside a car, with one succumbing to his wounds. Two men called the local polic...
Feb 01, 2018
Spanish rapper tried for tweets allegedly exalting terrorism
MADRID - Prosecutors in Spain are seeking an almost three-year prison sentence for a rap singer accused of exalting terrorism and slandering the Spanish monarchy and other Spanish institutions. Pablo ...
Feb 01, 2018
28 Russians have Olympic doping bans lifted
MOSCOW - Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on the country into turmoil. The Court of Arbitrat...
Feb 01, 2018
The Latest: Russians want 15 more Olympic invitations
MOSCOW - The Latest on Russian doping (all times local): ___ 7:35 p.m. The Russian Olympic Committee says it wants to send 15 of the 28 athletes who won their appeals against doping bans to the Pyeong...
Feb 01, 2018

Development in Canadian Arctic lags behind other northern regions: think tank
An international affairs think tank says economic development in Canada’s Arctic is falling far behind that in northern regions in other parts of the world. “There’s just no sign of ...
Feb 01, 2018

Pipelines, not carbon taxes, bigger factor in energy competitivess: report
OTTAWA - Canada’s oil and gas producers are struggling to stay competitive with their U.S. counterparts because of the fight to expand pipeline capacity, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Ins...
Feb 01, 2018
2 sisters accused of fatally beating boy for taking cupcake
ATLANTA - Two sisters have been indicted in the fatal spanking and beating of a 3-year-old with a baseball bat for taking a cupcake from the kitchen. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office...
Feb 01, 2018

In the news today, Feb. 1
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 1 --- MORE MURDER CHARGES EXPECTED FOR MCARTHUR Police in Toronto expect more murder charges to be laid against a self-employed landscaper who’s alread...
Feb 01, 2018
AP Interview: New Zealand urges North Korea 'de-escalation'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed support Thursday for economic sanctions against North Korea while also urging a “de-escalation” on the Korean ...
Feb 01, 2018

Regulators urged to include so-called grey market in marijuana legalization
VANCOUVER - If it wasn’t for the scent, customers who wandered into Eden Medicinal Society would be forgiven for thinking they had entered a boutique health store rather than a marijuana dispens...
Feb 01, 2018