Category Archives: Canadian Press
Couple charged with murder after toddler found near church have cases put over
EDMONTON - A couple charged with murder after a toddler was found dead outside an Edmonton church have had their cases put over. The body of 19-month-old Anthony Raine was discovered on April 21 outsi...
May 08, 2017
Ten things to know about the British Columbia election
VANCOUVER - Voters in British Columbia go to the polls on Tuesday. Here are 10 things to know about B.C. politics: - The Liberals have been in power since 2001, but Christy Clark didn’t become p...
May 08, 2017
New York Jets receiver Robby Anderson arrested in Miami
MIAMI - Authorities say a wide receiver for the New York Jets has been charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of justice after sparring with officials who asked him to leave a Miami music festi...
May 08, 2017
Christie signs bill inspired by 'Snooki' to cap speaker fees
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed legislation inspired by former “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi that limits how much state universiti...
May 08, 2017
Quebec pension fund and union fund won't support Bombardier chairman
MONTREAL - Two of Quebec’s largest institutional investors say they won’t support the re-election of Bombardier executive chairman Pierre Beaudoin, dealing a fresh blow against the manufac...
May 08, 2017
Leaders press for votes on last day before British Columbia election
VANCOUVER - In the final days of British Columbia’s election campaign, Green Leader Andrew Weaver’s supporters have become a hot commodity as the New Democrats try to persuade voters they ...
May 08, 2017
Nova Scotia investment scam mastermind ordered to pay victims $1.1 million
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia financial manager behind an investment scam “paid a hard price for his greed,” a judge said as she ordered him to pay back about 200 investors he bilked out of $1...
May 08, 2017
White House spokesman: No, there's not going to be a trade war with Canada
WASHINGTON - The White House is downplaying talk of a U.S. trade war with Canada, with President Donald Trump’s spokesman brushing off the notion when asked about it Monday. ”No,” Se...
May 08, 2017
UK man says he was writing a thriller, not hiring a killer
LONDON - A British retiree accused of trying to hire hit men to kill his partner has claimed he was merely conducting research for a thriller. David Harris is charged with soliciting the murder of his...
May 08, 2017
Ripa, Liotta, Chung among New Jersey Hall of Fame honorees
ASBURY PARK, N.J. - New Jersey’s Hall of Fame has honoured its newest members with songs and speeches. Camden County native Kelly Ripa, actor Ray Liotta of Newark and Middletown resident Connie ...
May 08, 2017