Category Archives: Canadian Press
Denis Johnson, author of 'Jesus' Son,' dead at 67
NEW YORK - Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection “Jesus’ Son,” has died at age 67. Johnson...
May 26, 2017
Winnipeg Transit proposes pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers
Winnipeg Transit is proposing a pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers following the killing of one of its employees. Driver Irvine Jubal Fraser was stabbed multiple times in February w...
May 26, 2017
Trinket hunters blamed for targeting ghost town cemetery in southern B.C.
COALMONT, B.C. - Someone is digging holes in the cemetery of a ghost town in southern British Columbia and a member of the local historical society believes it’s the work of misguided treasure h...
May 26, 2017
Multibillion-dollar naval warship project hits another delay
OTTAWA - Hopes that the multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy’s warship fleet would move along quickly have taken a hit amid word the massive shipbuilding project has suffered another d...
May 26, 2017
Curling Canada expands Olympic pre-trials field to 28 to avoid tiebreaker option
ORLEANS, Ont. - Curling Canada has expanded the field of a pre-trials qualifying event for the Olympic Games. The addition of rinks skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, Ont., Jamie Murphy of Halifax, Karla...
May 26, 2017
Castroneves fastest on Carb Day as another Honda engine goes
INDIANAPOLIS - Three-time champion Helio Castroneves turned the fastest lap on Carb Day during the final practice for the Indy 500, while more engine trouble for Honda left teams leery of what could h...
May 26, 2017
Ontario community's work to prevent turtles, snakes being killed on roads a model for others
A rural Ontario community’s work to prevent endangered reptiles from being killed on a 3.6-kilometre stretch of road - once considered among the world’s deadliest for turtles - is being he...
May 26, 2017
Olympian, Pan Am champion Karine Thomas retires from synchro swim team
OTTAWA - Two-time Olympian Karine Thomas has retired after a 10-year career with the Canadian synchronized swimming team. Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau won duet gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in...
May 26, 2017
Alleged Yahoo hacker to appeal ruling that denied him bail in June
A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will be back in court next month to contest a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Ontario Superior Court Justice Alan Whitten said last month ...
May 26, 2017
Painting of Tamir Rice shooting withdrawn from art festival
PITTSBURGH - The artist of a painting depicting the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice has withdrawn the piece from a Pittsburgh arts festival after an outcry that the white artist was exploiting black pain...
May 26, 2017