Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Kraken', 'The Boss' among Defence Dept codenames for Mark Norman, court hears
OTTAWA - The Boss. MN3. C34. The Kraken. Those are some of the “codenames” that officials at the Department of National Defence used to refer to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman in internal commun...
Jan 29, 2019
FBI finds no specific motive in Vegas attack that killed 58
LAS VEGAS - The high-stakes gambler responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history sought notoriety in the attack but left his specific motive a mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as it...
Jan 29, 2019
Government report lists multiple trucking violations by Humboldt semi driver
MELFORT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan government report says the driver of a semi-truck should not have been on the road the day he flew through a stop sign and caused a crash involving the Humboldt Broncos...
Jan 29, 2019
'Empire' cast member alleges homophobic attack in Chicago
Chicago police have opened a hate crime investigation after a man the department identified as a 36-year-old cast member of the television show “Empire” alleged he was physically attacked ...
Jan 29, 2019
Democrats, Republicans alike won't support USMCA with tariffs in place: Brady
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats alike on Capitol Hill won’t back the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement until President Donald Trump ends America’s punitive restrictions on steel and alum...
Jan 29, 2019
Canadian contingent grows at PGA Tour's Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Two Canadians have secured spots in this week’s PGA Tour stop through qualifying. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., and Blair Hamilton of Burlington, Ont., survived a four-man ...
Jan 29, 2019
Canada downs Panama 5-1 in Pan Am Games baseball qualifying opener
IBIUNA, Brazil - Wes Darvil homered to tie the game and Daniel Pinero scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch as Canada opened the Pan American Games baseball qualifying tournament with a 5-1 win over...
Jan 29, 2019
Swimmer Benoit Huot announces retirement, won 20 Paralympic medals over career
Canadian swimmer Benoit Huot earned a boatload of medals over a two-decade career that included podium appearances at five straight Paralympic Games and at countless international meets. Reminiscing a...
Jan 29, 2019
Timeline in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur
TORONTO - A timeline of key events in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by police: September 2010 _ Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears from Toronto’...
Jan 29, 2019
US consumers rattled by shutdown, roiling markets
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month to its lowest reading in a year and a half, tested by the partial government shutdown and roiling financial markets. Still, consumer spirits re...
Jan 29, 2019