Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian singer Michael Buble is 2018 Juno Awards host to be held in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Canadian crooner Michael Buble says he feels privileged to be hosting the 2018 Juno Awards, a music industry gala he describes as “my happy place.” The British Columbia native ...
Nov 21, 2017
Report: Weinstein paid $1M to accuser after 2015 case died
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein paid $1 million to silence an Italian model who accused him of groping her in 2015 after prosecutors decided not to charge him, and in the 1990s, his brother paid other acc...
Nov 21, 2017
Former Ottawa QB says he's happy to pass the Grey Cup torch from the stands
OTTAWA - Henry Burris says he’s “itching” for this year’s Grey Cup championship game on home turf - even if he won’t be among the players battling for championship rings....
Nov 21, 2017
Manitoba premier opens up about getting lost, injured in New Mexico desert
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister choked up Tuesday as he recounted a harrowing night in the New Mexico desert that left him lost, wandering and with a broken arm. “I am so happy to be...
Nov 21, 2017
Witness: Men accused of bribes negotiated sale to Qataris
NEW YORK - A sports marketing company whose owners have been charged with bribing top soccer officials tried to negotiate a sale to an entity associated with Paris Saint-Germain team president Nasser ...
Nov 21, 2017
Four Grenada cops charged with manslaughter in beating death of Toronto man
TORONTO - Four Grenadian police officers face what prosecutors call unprecedented criminal charges in the beating death of a visitor from Canada during the Christmas holidays six years ago, a case tha...
Nov 21, 2017
Accused killer Borutski acted out of revenge in killing friends, Crown argues
OTTAWA - Crown attorney Jeffery Richardson says jurors ought to have no reasonable doubts that Basil Borutski killed three former friends in a carefully executed plan to exact revenge. Borutski is on ...
Nov 21, 2017
Auditor general flags Royal Military College for costs, cadet behaviour
OTTAWA - The Royal Military College of Canada has taken another blow to its reputation, this time from the federal auditor general, who is flagging problems with the school’s costs and the behav...
Nov 21, 2017
MMIW inquiry hears slain woman's family angry over sex-trade label
SASKATOON - Family members of a slain Indigenous woman say they’re angry that she’s been labelled a sex-trade worker rather than a mother, a daughter and a sister whose death deserves just...
Nov 21, 2017
Man who sought refuge in B.C. church loses another attempt to clear his name
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge in Vancouver has dismissed another application from an El Salvadoran refugee who says his name has been tarnished by the Canadian government over allegations of past ...
Nov 21, 2017