Category Archives: Canadian Press
Four Canadians on watch list for men's payer of the year in college basketball
Canadians RJ Barrett, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Ignas Brazdeikis and Brandon Clarke have been named to the 20-player mid-season watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, presented annually to the men...
Dec 21, 2018
Human rights body probing reports Inuit kids punished for speaking Inuktitut
MONTREAL - Quebec’s human rights commission has launched an investigation into the treatment of Inuit children in the youth protection system, citing reports that Indigenous youth were prevented...
Dec 21, 2018
Liberals' refusal to listen to concerns about border-crossers dangerous: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the most divisive prime minister in the history of Canada. Scheer is lashing out at Trudeau and the Liberal party for d...
Dec 21, 2018
Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg
WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting in a New York hospital following surgery to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time the Supreme Court’s oldest justice h...
Dec 21, 2018
While Maple Leafs offence keeps rolling, Babcock talks up need for defence
TORONTO - Like a master chef serving up a lengthy tasting menu, the Maple Leafs rolled out some tasty appetizers to start against the Florida Panthers. Six minutes in, Mitch Marner took a long John Ta...
Dec 21, 2018
A look at NHL players not participating at this year's world juniors
Canadian fans are usually the ones bemoaning an NHL team not releasing one of its young stars to take part in the world junior hockey championship. This year, however, some other countries will be wit...
Dec 21, 2018
North Carolina asked feds to open vote fraud case last year
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina’s top elections official issued an urgent plea nearly two years ago for the Trump administration to file criminal charges against the man now at the centre of ball...
Dec 21, 2018
Actress Kate del Castillo sues Mexican ex-officials for $60M
MEXICO CITY - Actress Kate del Castillo said she is suing former Mexican officials for $60 million in “moral and material damages” because of what she calls “political persecution...
Dec 21, 2018
No trial for cop who refused to intervene before teen killed himself in park
TORONTO - The pre-trial acquittal of an on-duty Toronto police officer who drove away despite a plea to intervene as a teenager prepared to kill himself has been upheld on appeal. In its ruling this w...
Dec 21, 2018
Detective: Woman convicted as teen shouldn't get clemency
NASHVILLE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s office is being inundated with letters and pleas as he considers granting clemency to a woman convicted of murdering a man when she was a 16-year-old pro...
Dec 21, 2018