Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cops: Dad locked toddler in cage, left day-old baby alone
POTTSVILLE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man locked his 22-month-old son in a makeshift wooden cage and left the boy alone in a hot house with his two younger siblings, including a sister born hours earlier, ...
May 18, 2017
Quebec woman found alive in Saskatchewan arrested for suspected mischief
RIMOUSKI, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a missing woman who was found safe in Saskatchewan has been arrested for suspected mischief. A passerby recognized Karine Major on Wednesday, almost a wee...
May 18, 2017
Nastase says he is co-operating with ITF probe over comments
BUCHAREST, Romania - Ilie Nastase said Thursday he is fully co-operating with an International Tennis Federation investigation into his foul-mouthed comments and bad behaviour last month. The ITF prov...
May 18, 2017
Quebec town to hold referendum over proposed site of Muslim burial ground
SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - The fate of a contentious proposal to establish a Muslim cemetery in a town southwest of Quebec City will be decided by referendum on July 16. Sixty-two residents of Saint-Ap...
May 18, 2017
High court agrees to hear RCMP perjury appeals around airport stun-gun death
VANCOUVER - Two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious stun-gun encounter at Vancouver’s airport will have their appeals heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The court announce...
May 18, 2017
Markets Right Now: Stocks recover ground a day after slump
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Solid gains in phone companies and some retailers pushed U.S. stock indexes modestly higher on Wall Street, recouping some ...
May 18, 2017
From 'Leviathan' director another damning portrait of Russia
CANNES, France - After his Oscar-nominated film “Leviathan” was deemed “anti-Russian” by Russia’s Minister of Culture, director Andrey Zvyagintsev has returned to the Can...
May 18, 2017
Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar suspended two games for yelling homophobic slur
ATLANTA - Kevin Pillar has been suspended for two games for shouting an anti-gay slur at an Atlanta Braves pitcher, an incident the Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder says he deeply regrets but hopes wi...
May 18, 2017
UK's May promises voters immigration curbs, fairer society
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May revealed her core election promises and political vision Thursday, saying she will slash immigration and take Britain definitively out of the EU, then build a ̶...
May 18, 2017
Fox News Channel founder Roger Ailes has died at 77
NEW YORK - Roger Ailes, the communications maestro who transformed television news and America’s political conversation by creating and ruling Fox News Channel for two decades before being ouste...
May 18, 2017