Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa, Edmonton series see slight dip in average TV audience over first round
TORONTO - NHL playoff television ratings took a slight dip in the second round in series involving Canadian teams, according to a release from Rogers Sportsnet. The network said in a release Thursday ...
May 11, 2017
Edmonton police charge mom after 11-day-old baby girl dies from methamphetamine
EDMONTON - A 31-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with second-degree murder after her 11-day-old daughter died from an methamphetamine overdose. Michelle Rice was arrested Thursday and charged ...
May 11, 2017
UFC boss Dana White pulls plug on GSP-Bisping fight, saying he won't wait on GSP
TORONTO - UFC president Dana White has pulled the plug on Georges St-Pierre’s comeback fight against middleweight champion Michael Bisping. St-Pierre, who has not fought since November 2013, say...
May 11, 2017
RCMP investigating serious injury of dog thrown into fire in Manitoba community
WINNIPEG - Mounties in northern Manitoba have opened an investigation into the case of a dog badly burned after being thrown into a firepit. Katie Powell, president and founder of Save a Dog Network C...
May 11, 2017
Five holes in the story: All the doubts cast on Trump FBI explanation in one day
WASHINGTON - A few holes have already been blown into the story of why Donald Trump fired the director of the FBI - with some self-inflicted blasts coming from the president himself. Doubt was cast Th...
May 11, 2017
A look at the federal dollar figures behind natural disasters over the years
OTTAWA - The federal government has been spending steadily more on natural disaster assistance since 1970, according to a recent review of payments under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements...
May 11, 2017
Manitoba RCMP make arrest in 10-year-old homicide, release woman the next day
MACGREGOR, Man. - RCMP in Manitoba have released the person they arrested in the homicide of a grandmother nearly 10 years ago. Spokeswoman Tara Seel said a 30-year-old woman taken into custody in Mac...
May 11, 2017
Funeral held for Ontario woman killed in Belize along with American boyfriend
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - A funeral was held Thursday in Richmond Hill, Ont., for a Canadian woman who was killed in Belize. Fifty-two-year-old Francesca Matus - a mother of twin sons - and her American b...
May 11, 2017
Trainer Casse says plan is for Classic Empire to run in the Preakness
Mark Casse says Classic Empire has an eye on running in the Preakness, the second jewel of the American Triple Crown. Despite a brutal start and running on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs, Classic E...
May 11, 2017
Fire truck catches fire en route to call: 'There's a degree of irony, yes'
Halifax firefighters got a surprise Thursday morning when flames started shooting from their own truck as they responded to a call. “Unbelievable - a fire truck actually caught on fire,” m...
May 11, 2017