Category Archives: Canadian Press
St. Louis Cardinals ask for help in finding the rally cat
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals are looking for their rally cat. The feisty feline became an internet sensation Wednesday night, sprinting onto the field at Busch Stadium with the bases loaded for...
Aug 09, 2017
Suspected opioid use in Sarnia, Ont., leaves 1 dead, 2 in hospital
SARNIA, Ont. - Police in Sarnia, Ont., have issued a public safety notice after one person died and two others were taken to hospital on Wednesday evening due to suspected drug overdoses. Police say t...
Aug 09, 2017
Yankees use long ball to go up early, then pad lead in 11-5 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - The beat goes on for Toronto’s beleaguered pitching staff. On Wednesday, Blue Jays starter Nick Tepesch became the sixth pitcher in franchise history to allow three homers in his debut...
Aug 09, 2017
Q&A: What does the US military do on the island of Guam?
HONOLULU - The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea’s army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an “enveloping fire” around the island. T...
Aug 09, 2017
Wrist injury sees top Canadian Milos Raonic lose to Mannarino at Rogers Cup
MONTREAL - It was a short, painful Rogers Cup for Milos Raonic. The hard-serving Raonic, seeded sixth, lost 6-4, 6-4 to Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in his opening match on Wednesday night while playing...
Aug 09, 2017
Alabama wants to reinstate hearings for pregnant girls
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama’s top prosecutor said the state is going to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down a one-of-a-kind law in which minors seeking court permission for an ...
Aug 09, 2017
Day care owner apologizes to kin of boy who died in hot van
ORLANDO, Fla. - The owner of a Florida day care centre where a 3-year-old boy was found dead after being left in a van all day apologized to the child’s family hours before the state announced i...
Aug 09, 2017
Judge won't give Texas 'sanctuary city' ban early blessing
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge Wednesday threw out Texas’ efforts to have a “sanctuary cities” ban preemptively declared constitutional in a victory for the state’s largest ci...
Aug 09, 2017
Lawyer: Office of consulting firm searched in election probe
SAN DIEGO - An attorney for a consulting firm that worked for U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter said Wednesday the FBI searched its offices for spending and communication records involving Hunter’s campai...
Aug 09, 2017
US Air Force test flights focus on off-the-shelf options
Over a U.S. Air Force base in the New Mexico desert, pilots on Wednesday tested some off-the-shelf options as the military looks for its next light-attack aircraft. Test flights for the experiment kno...
Aug 09, 2017