Category Archives: Canadian Press
System failed five children discovered in horrific neglect case: N.B. report
FREDERICTON - A report on a horrific child-neglect case has laid bare the filth, squalor and mistreatment suffered by five young children - and how New Brunswick authorities repeatedly failed to meet ...
Jan 28, 2019
Missouri day care operator charged after toddler death
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. - A Missouri day care operator is facing criminal charges after an infant died and toddlers were allegedly found restrained at her facility last year. Laura Minnick, 39, of Maplewood, w...
Jan 28, 2019
All-stars Crosby, Pavelski, Dubnyk earn NHL three stars honours
NEW YORK - Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby, San Jose Sharks centre Joe Pavelski and Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Crosby earned MVP honou...
Jan 28, 2019
School boards push back as government seeks data on religious symbols
MONTREAL - A Quebec government initiative to determine how many teachers wear religious symbols also extended to include police officers, prosecutors and the judiciary, the minister responsible said M...
Jan 28, 2019
'Significant development' expected in Bruce McArthur's case: police
TORONTO - A “significant development” is expected in the case of an alleged serial killer accused of preying on men who disappeared from Toronto’s gay village, police said Monday. Br...
Jan 28, 2019
Winnipeg's Valour FC adds Tyler Attardo and Dylan Carreiro to CPL roster
Winnipeg’s Valour FC has signed teenage forward Tyler Attardo and former Canadian youth international midfielder Dylan Carreiro. The 17-year-old Attardo, who has played provincially for Manitoba...
Jan 28, 2019
Small Labrador town grieving after snowmobiler killed in avalanche
NAIN, N.L. - A narrow Labrador pass well-known for avalanches claimed its latest victim on the weekend, a young snowmobiler whose death has left the largely Inuit town of Nain grieving. “We̵...
Jan 28, 2019
Shutdown projected to cause $3B permanent hit to economy
WASHINGTON - The federal government shutdown will cause slight permanent harm to the economy - about $3 billion - according to a report Monday by the Congressional Budget Office. The report says the f...
Jan 28, 2019
Some provinces creating challenges for infrastructure projects: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Unco-operative provincial governments have been making the effort to get more infrastructure dollars into Canada’s cities a challenge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Trudeau...
Jan 28, 2019
Arkansas man pleads guilty to attempted plane theft charge
TEXARKANA, Ark. - A 19-year-old Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to trying to steal a commercial plane so he could fly to Chicago to attend a rap concert. The Texarkana Gazette reports that Zemarcuis S...
Jan 28, 2019