Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bolsinger takes blame as Blue Jays streak ends with 10-6 loss to Braves
TORONTO - Mike Bolsinger didn’t mince words on Monday night, calling his performance unacceptable and taking the blame for the Toronto Blue Jays’ five-game win streak ending. The right-han...
May 15, 2017
Resellers looking to cash in on tickets to see Barack Obama speech in Montreal
MONTREAL - Tickets to see former U.S. president Barack Obama in Montreal went like hot cakes over the weekend. Now, it seems that resellers are also trying to cash in, seeking up to $568 (US$417) per ...
May 15, 2017
2 dead as Venezuela protests turn violent outside capital
CARACAS, Venezuela - A day that began with largely peaceful protests against Venezuela’s socialist government took a violent turn Monday as fierce clashes between state security and demonstrator...
May 15, 2017
ACLU files complaint over charter school's hairstyle policy
MALDEN, Mass. - The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a complaint against a charter school for disciplining and suspending black and biracial students because their hairstyles ...
May 15, 2017
Dad tries to fathom why son allegedly decapitated his mother
ESTACADA, Ore. - An Oregon father is struggling to try to understand why his adult son allegedly decapitated his mother on Mother’s Day and then showed up at a grocery store with her head, stabb...
May 15, 2017
California officials criticize 'stupid' US drug crackdown
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California’s attorney general and state lawmakers again moved Monday in the opposite direction from the Trump administration, this time on penalties for criminals. State Att...
May 15, 2017
Back home, Predators eager to match Ducks' physical play
NASHVILLE - The Nashville Predators finally are facing their first real adversity this post-season, with the Anaheim Ducks eager to push, hit and poke them out of what’s already been a historic ...
May 15, 2017
Father: Pledge who died after hazing treated like 'roadkill'
NEW YORK - Penn State fraternity brothers who ordered a pledge to guzzle alcohol and failed to get adequate care for him after he twice fell down a flight of stairs treated him like “roadkill,&#...
May 15, 2017
Tronc in talks with Wrapports to acquire Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO - Two longtime newspaper rivals in the once highly competitive Chicago market may end with the acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times by the owner of the Chicago Tribune, which has grabbed the a...
May 15, 2017
UN: Sexual violence increasingly used as 'terrorism' tactic
Sexual violence is increasingly being used as “a tactic of terrorism” from Iraq, Syria and Yemen in the Middle East to Somalia, Nigeria and Mali in Africa, a top U.N. official said Monday....
May 15, 2017