Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kansas library asked to move transgender children books
ANDOVER, Kan. - Members of a Kansas public library board are considering a request to move books that include transgender characters out of the children’s section. Andover resident Marci Laffen ...
Jan 16, 2019
Ballistics tests prove Illinois man innocent in murder case
An Illinois judge acquitted a man of murder Wednesday, more than two decades after jurors convicted him by relying on ballistics that proved to be wrong. Supporters of 53-year-old Patrick Pursley clap...
Jan 16, 2019
Sinclair debuts streaming service for its local TV stations
NEW YORK - Sinclair Broadcast, the nation’s largest owner of television stations, is launching a free, ad-supported streaming service. It will draw on local news, sports and other programs from ...
Jan 16, 2019
Fortified Arctic infrastructure needed in face of climate change: study
The impact of climate change on roads and other crucial structures in Canada’s North is likely to be even greater than feared, says new detailed research. “These are greater impacts than a...
Jan 16, 2019
Burkina Faso says Canadian abducted by suspected extremists
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A Canadian national has been kidnapped by suspected extremists in Burkina Faso near its border with Niger, the West African nation’s security ministry said Wednesday....
Jan 16, 2019
Byelection turmoil: Liberal quits after singling out Jagmeet Singh as Indian
VANCOUVER - The Liberal candidate running against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Metro Vancouver byelection dropped out of the race Wednesday after drawing criticism for an online post singling out Sin...
Jan 16, 2019
Canadian mining employee kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso: local officials
A Canadian national has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region, government officials said Wednesday. A spokesman for Burkina Faso’s security ministry identified the man as ...
Jan 16, 2019
Show calls boy who stayed up for TV and saved family 'hero'
MINQUADALE, Del. - A 13-year-old Delaware boy credited with saving his family from a house fire when he stayed up late to watch TV has received a special delivery from the show’s writers. The Ne...
Jan 16, 2019
'We can work harder': Leafs shake up lines ahead of meeting with Lightning
TORONTO - As the Maple Leafs digested their latest setback, one word kept bubbling to the surface - work. Toronto’s players and coaches rightly felt they lacked the required effort in MondayR...
Jan 16, 2019
Murder trial hears that woman with Alzheimer's was not at end of life
MONTREAL - Jocelyne Lizotte’s Alzheimer’s disease left her unable to care for herself, but she was not considered to be at the end of life before she was allegedly murdered, a physician te...
Jan 16, 2019