Category Archives: Canadian Press
Morgan urges voters to keep steroid users out of Hall
Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan is urging voters to keep “known steroid users” out of Cooperstown. A day after the Hall revealed its 33-man ballot for the 2018 class, the 74-year-ol...
Nov 21, 2017
OHL leader Jordan Kyrou ready to join Canada's roster at world juniors
GUELPH, Ont. - As far as Sarnia Sting head coach Derian Hatcher is concerned, Jordan Kyrou is meeting his expectations. And Hatcher set that bar as high as possible. “Going into the year we knew...
Nov 21, 2017
Iran-based hacker charged with trying to extort HBO
NEW YORK - An Iran-based hacker plotted to extort HBO out of $6 million by threatening to release stolen episodes and scripts of hit shows, such as “Game of Thrones,” at one point taunting...
Nov 21, 2017
Health warnings, plain covers for pot packs under proposed regs
OTTAWA - Health Canada offered hints Tuesday about the government’s plans for legal pot, including, plain packaging and stern, stark health warnings like those found on tobacco products. The dep...
Nov 21, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at the auditor general's report on the Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - Auditor general Michael Ferguson has taken his first close look at the federal government’s problem-plagued pay system known as Phoenix. Here are some numbers from the report: 290,000: ...
Nov 21, 2017
Quebec judge refuses cop's request to dismiss charge in death of 5-year-old boy
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Quebec provincial police officer will have to stand trial in the death of a five-year-old boy. Patrick Ouellet filed a motion asking that a charge of dangerous driving causing deat...
Nov 21, 2017
Iraqi officials: Bombing in contested town kills 32 people
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated his pickup truck loaded with explosives, killing 32 people on Tuesday evening at a marketplace in an Iraqi town contested by both the central government in Baghdad...
Nov 21, 2017
UofT prof documents ancient practice of carving churches out of rock
TORONTO - Ten years ago Michael Gervers visited an ancient church cut into the side of a cliff in a remote region of Ethiopia. The history professor with the University of Toronto had been hunting dow...
Nov 21, 2017
China says ex-top internet regulator under investigation
BEIJING - China’s former top internet regulator and censor is being investigated by the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption arm, the agency said Tuesday. The party’s anti-graft ...
Nov 21, 2017
Canadians getting bad advice from the taxman, when they can get through: auditor
OTTAWA - Some taxpayers may be filing tax returns using erroneous information supplied by the Canada Revenue Agency, the federal auditor general warned Tuesday after tabling an audit that found just g...
Nov 21, 2017