Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada Post strike causes drop in Salvation Army donations, charity says
TORONTO - Every holiday season workers at the Salvation Army anxiously check the mail for a flurry of envelopes. The Christian charity usually receives most of its donation cheques in November and Dec...
Nov 23, 2018
Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers target federal minister Brison
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers want to turn a senior Liberal cabinet minister’s words against him in their effort to exonerate the suspended military officer, who has been cha...
Nov 23, 2018
Trucker says video may show Santa's reindeer lost in Newfoundland
DEER LAKE, N.L. - A trucker says he may have had a close encounter of the Santa kind after spotting what appeared to be Santa’s reindeer on a snow-covered Newfoundland highway. Jason White says ...
Nov 23, 2018
Vermont couple looking for family peacock among the turkeys
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. - A Vermont woman whose family peacock ran off with a flock of turkeys says she’s hopeful to get close enough to catch it with a net. The peacock belonging to Rene and Brian Joh...
Nov 23, 2018
Congo's top 2 opposition parties join in presidential bid
NAIROBI, Kenya - Congo’s two leading opposition parties announced Friday they are joining forces for a run at the presidency after withdrawing from a wider pact to support a single contender aga...
Nov 23, 2018
Anthony, Scrubbs, Wiltjer among Canadians named to WCup qualifying roster
TORONTO - Former Miami Heat forward Joel Anthony and Carleton Ravens stars Phil and Thomas Scrubb headline Canada’s men’s basketball roster for two World Cup qualifying games next week. Ca...
Nov 23, 2018
Canadian women's speedskaters earn silver in World Cup team pursuit
TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Canada captured the silver medal in the women’s team pursuit at the second World Cup speedskating meet of the season on Friday. Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weid...
Nov 23, 2018
Vanier Cup rematch on tap as Rouge et Or battle visiting Mustangs
QUEBEC - League officials are calling Saturday’s Vanier Cup rematch between the reigning champion Western Mustangs and the host Laval Rouge et Or a dream final for university football. “Yo...
Nov 23, 2018
Oland crime scene had 'the distinct smell of death,' police officer says
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - One of the first police officers to arrive on the scene where multi-millionaire businessman Richard Oland’s body had been discovered knew right away it was not going to be a g...
Nov 23, 2018
Georgia rapper Jeezy helps family whose home burned down
MARIETTA, Ga. - A rapper from Georgia served Thanksgiving dinner to a Marietta family who lost their home to a fire and then he promised to help them with housing. WSB-TV reports Jeezy, whose real nam...
Nov 23, 2018