Category Archives: Canadian Press
Halifax police continue search for mystery infant's parents
HALIFAX - Two days after a healthy baby was found abandoned behind a shop on a busy Halifax street, many questions remain about who the child is and how such a thing could happen. Experts say such cas...
Oct 31, 2017
Trump admin to defend Cuba embargo at UN, reversing Obama
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration will defend America’s decades-old economic embargo on Cuba in a United Nations vote this week, the State Department said Tuesday, in a reversal from the Oba...
Oct 31, 2017
Argonauts will have versatile weapon Anthony Coombs for regular-season finale
TORONTO - Head coach Marc Trestman won’t be easing Anthony Coombs back into the Toronto Argonauts’ lineup. The 25-year-old Winnipeg native practised Tuesday after being activated from the ...
Oct 31, 2017
Man who pleaded guilty to terror charge sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison: lawyer
TORONTO - An Ontario man who travelled to Syria to support an Islamic militant group will spend another two years behind bars after pleading guilty to a terror charge, his lawyer said Tuesday. Kevin O...
Oct 31, 2017
Criminal investigation into alleged staff misconduct at Edmonton prison
EDMONTON - Two investigations are underway into allegations of workplace harassment and other misconduct involving some corrections staff at the federal maximum-security Edmonton Institution. The Corr...
Oct 31, 2017
Toronto's Giovinco up for MLS MVP again, faces four other contenders
Sebastian Giovinco is back where he likes to be, in MVP contention. The Toronto FC star striker won the award in 2015 in his first year in Major League Soccer and, by all accounts, was not happy last ...
Oct 31, 2017
Infrastructure spending delay point to problems with Liberal program: Opposition
OTTAWA - Opposition parties say that a plan to shift more than $2 billion worth of federal infrastructure spending points to problems with one of the government’s cornerstone programs, despite w...
Oct 31, 2017
Feds ask industry for icebreaking help amid concerns about Coast Guard's fleet
OTTAWA - The federal government has turned to the private sector for help in keeping the country’s waters free of ice during the winter months amid concerns about the state of Canada’s ice...
Oct 31, 2017
Call for return of Louis Riel walking stick donated by military to museum
WINNIPEG - A walking stick that belonged to Northwest Rebellion leader Louis Riel has been donated to the Manitoba Museum, but there is a call for it to be returned to the Metis people. The Royal Winn...
Oct 31, 2017
Despite war, hurricane, man finally sees brother's wedding
PENNDEL, Pa. - A war kept Wayne Wood’s brother from attending his first wedding, and a hurricane briefly derailed the secret plans for his second, but the 84-year-old has finally said “I d...
Oct 31, 2017