Category Archives: Canadian Press
Syncrude faces federal charges over 2015 heron deaths
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - One of the country’s largest oilsands companies is facing federal charges in the death of 31 great blue herons at one of its mine sites in northern Alberta more than two y...
Nov 03, 2017
Mayor won't be charged for jumping ahead of concert traffic
TINLEY PARK, Ill. - A suburban Chicago mayor won’t face criminal prosecution after he shouted “mayor coming through” and removed police traffic cones to allow a party bus he was ridi...
Nov 03, 2017
Patrick Chan pulls out of Grand Prix event to focus on training
OTTAWA - With the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics a few weeks away, Patrick Chan is withdrawing from the NHK Trophy figure skating competition to focus on training. The 26-year-old has decided to shift his ...
Nov 03, 2017
JFK files say rumours of CIA link to Oswald 'unfounded'
WASHINGTON - Government documents newly released Friday regarding John F. Kennedy’s assassination say allegations that Lee Harvey Oswald was connected to the CIA were “totally unfounded.&#...
Nov 03, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 3 --- LIBERALS MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON MEETING ELECTION PROMISES: This weekend marks two years since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet was swor...
Nov 03, 2017
NYPD says it is building rape case against Harvey Weinstein
New York City police said Friday that an actress’ rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein are credible, and if the movie mogul were in the state and the accusation more recent, they would move...
Nov 03, 2017
Newcomers, the North and Stephen Harper: how federal politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - The Parliament Hill hoopla this week was all about horoscopes and Halloween costumes, with an undertone of Bill Morneau controversy for good measure. The new Governor General, former astronau...
Nov 03, 2017
Boushie family 'disgusted' RCMP cleared its own officers of misconduct
SASKATOON - The family of an Indigenous man who was shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm says it’s “extremely upset and disgusted” that Mounties have cleared their own officers of mi...
Nov 03, 2017
Love game: Tennis star Wozniacki engaged to hoopster Lee
Caroline Wozniacki is engaged again and showing off her new ring. The Danish tennis player says on Twitter that she accepted a marriage proposal from David Lee, who recently played for the San Antonio...
Nov 03, 2017
Ex-prosecutor: Cosby paid accuser millions of dollars
PHILADELPHIA - A former prosecutor claims his decision in 2005 not to charge Bill Cosby with drugging and molesting a woman led to the comedian paying his accuser a settlement “well into the mil...
Nov 03, 2017