Category Archives: Canadian Press
Road map for reducing teen gun violence remains unfulfilled
WILMINGTON, Del. - Even in a city that had become almost numb to gun violence, Wilmington’s record-setting 154 shootings in 2013 proved to be a tipping point. Desperate city leaders reached out ...
Sep 08, 2017
Two smaller US cities share a big problem: teen gun violence
SAVANNAH, Ga. - One is known as an oasis of Southern charm and history, drawing millions of tourists with its time-capsule collection of antebellum homes and marble monuments. The other is a faded rus...
Sep 08, 2017
Smaller US cities struggle with high teen gun violence rates
WILMINGTON, Del. - When the shots rang out - “pop, pop, pop,” and then a thunder roll of gunfire - Maria Williams hit the floor. The bullets sprayed through her front door and window, leav...
Sep 08, 2017
Man charged in slaying of store clerk in Montreal was rebuffed by victim: Crown
MONTREAL - Less than a week after being rebuffed by a girl he’d asked out, the man on trial in her slaying returned to a Montreal big box store and fatally stabbed her 14 times in April 2016, th...
Sep 08, 2017
Exercise rider dies after training accident at Woodbine Racetrack
TORONTO - Darren Fortune, a longtime rider at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack, was remembered Friday as a thoughtful, hard-working individual who had a passion for working with horses. Fortune died...
Sep 08, 2017
Supreme Court restores extradition orders in B.C. 'honour killing' case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in the so-called honour killing of a young woman. In a 9-0 judgment Frid...
Sep 08, 2017
Equifax breach exposes 143 million people in U.S. to identity theft
SAN FRANCISCO - Credit monitoring company Equifax has been hit by a high-tech heist that exposed the Social Security numbers and other sensitive information about 143 million Americans. Now the unwitt...
Sep 08, 2017
Hurricane Irma lashes Cuba; Jose poses threat elsewhere
CAIBARIEN, Cuba - Irma collapsed buildings and battered Cuba with deafening winds and relentless rain Saturday, while a second hurricane, Jose, threatened to lash already-reeling islands elsewhere in ...
Sep 08, 2017
Two arrested after sailboat arrives in Nova Scotia carrying suspected cocaine
HALIFAX - Two men are facing drug charges after more than 250 kilograms of suspected cocaine was found hidden on a sailboat, which arrived in Nova Scotia from the Caribbean as darkness fell Sunday nig...
Sep 08, 2017
Thunder Bay, Ont., police chief to stand trial as early as December, lawyer says
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - The police chief of Thunder Bay, Ont., is now expected to stand trial on charges of breach of trust and attempting to obstruct justice as early as December. Chief J.P. Levesque wai...
Sep 08, 2017