Category Archives: Canadian Press
Saganash apologizes for plagiarism in Globe and Mail op-ed on Canada 150
OTTAWA - NDP indigenous affairs critic Romeo Saganash apologized Tuesday for having plagiarized portions of a recent newspaper column about Canada’s 150th anniversary. The column appeared in the...
Jul 04, 2017
Inside Ontario's fight to save declining barn swallows, one bird house at a time
TOWNSEND, Ont. - The long grass sways as a soft summer wind sweeps under two strange structures, blowing with it the faint smell of manure, in an otherwise empty Ontario field. Under one, which looks ...
Jul 04, 2017
Now with Blue Jays, Montero wants to put Cubs parting behind
NEW YORK - Wearing his new Toronto Blue Jays jersey, Miguel Montero wanted to put his petulant parting from the Chicago Cubs behind him. “It wasn’t the perfect departure, but it is what it...
Jul 04, 2017
A chronological look at Canadian-born Omar Khadr's legal saga
TORONTO - A look at the long legal odyssey of Canadian-born Omar Khadr: July 27, 2002: Khadr, 15, allegedly throws grenade that kills United States Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer during an American ...
Jul 04, 2017
Cavendish withdraws, Sagan disqualified after Tour crash
VITTEL, France - Mark Cavendish has been forced out of the Tour de France after suffering a fractured shoulder blade in a serious crash caused by world champion Peter Sagan, who was disqualified from ...
Jul 04, 2017
Canada's Brittany Crew found strength, success in shot put circle
TORONTO - Brittany Crew is at home in the shot put circle, where she crouches with a steel ball buried in the crook of her neck before exploding in a spinning blur that’s as much ballet as brute...
Jul 04, 2017
Indigenous woman hit with trailer hitch in January dies from injuries
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - An Indigenous woman who was hit by a trailer hitch apparently thrown from a passing car in Thunder Bay, Ont., in January has died, police said on Tuesday. Barbara Kentner, 34, unde...
Jul 04, 2017
Rona Ambrose resigns as Conservative MP after serving for 13 years
OTTAWA - Former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is officially out of federal politics. Ambrose formally resigned her House of Commons seat today by way of a letter to the Speaker. Ambrose rep...
Jul 04, 2017
Top general apologizes for incident at Indigenous ceremony on Canada Day
HALIFAX - Canada’s top general has condemned the actions of a group of Armed Forces members who disrupted a spiritual event on Canada Day marking the suffering of Indigenous Peoples at a statue ...
Jul 04, 2017
Two whales suffered blunt trauma, another killed by fishing gear: vet
HALIFAX - Injuries suffered by at least two of six North Atlantic right whales found floating lifeless in the Gulf of St. Lawrence appear to be consistent with ship strikes, marine mammal experts say....
Jul 04, 2017