Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa's Spencer, Harris, Winnipeg's Dressler named CFL top performers for Week 2
TORONTO - Ottawa wide receiver Diontae Spencer and quarterback Trevor Harris and Winnipeg receiver Weston Dressler were named the top performers for Week 2 of the CFL season. Spencer scored two touchd...
Jul 04, 2017
Proposed '11th-hour' reforms won't help Canada's inmates: B.C. lawyer
VANCOUVER - Canada’s correctional service continued to use indefinite solitary confinement for prisoners despite decades of policy-reform recommendations and a call for change from the prime min...
Jul 04, 2017
Terror charges laid against Toronto woman arrested after golf club attack: RCMP
TORONTO - A Toronto-area woman arrested last month in an alleged golf club attack at a Canadian Tire store in east Toronto is now facing multiple terror-related charges. Rehab Dughmosh, 32, was charge...
Jul 04, 2017
Manitoba public-sector unions launch court challenge over wage freezes
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s public-sector unions launched a court challenge Tuesday against wage freezes imposed by the provincial government. More than a dozen unions, representing 110,000 government...
Jul 04, 2017
I quit! Federer, Djokovic benefit from Wimbledon retirements
LONDON - Novak Djokovic’s first-round match at Wimbledon lasted all of 40 minutes Tuesday. Roger Federer’s, which was next in the All England Club’s main stadium, went 43. When two o...
Jul 04, 2017
Pregnant woman, boyfriend shot in Toronto; police seek three suspects
TORONTO - Police say three masked men entered a Toronto apartment building early Tuesday morning and shot a pregnant woman and her boyfriend as they lay in bed while two children slept in another room...
Jul 04, 2017
Special forces operating on 'borrowed time', need more troops: general
OTTAWA - Canada’s elite special forces soldiers risk being run ragged after spending three years deployed in Iraq, as well as in several other lesser-known places around the globe, their deputy ...
Jul 04, 2017
Lowrider street art merges with museum works at LA exhibit
LOS ANGELES - Lowrider cars these days are far more than tricked-out automobiles with gravity-challenged rear suspensions and ear-rattling exhaust systems that seem to cry out for local cops to ticket...
Jul 04, 2017
China rocket failure likely to set back next space missions
BEIJING - The failure of China’s Long March 5 rocket deals a rare setback to China’s highly successful space program that could delay plans to bring back moon samples and offer rival India...
Jul 04, 2017
Arizona won't give Trump extensive voter registration info
PHOENIX - Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan has done an about-face and now says the state won’t provide extensive voter registration information to the Trump administration. In a stateme...
Jul 04, 2017