Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rome escalator accident injures 20 Russian soccer fans
ROME - At least 20 people were injured when an escalator in the Rome metropolitan system collapsed Tuesday night. A video shown on Sky TG24 shows the escalator accelerating suddenly, and the people ri...
Oct 23, 2018
Former Saskatchewan Roughrider charged with assault, other offences
REGINA - Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Justin Cox faces a new assault charge. Regina police issued a warrant for Cox's arrest on Oct. 5. Police say officers were sent to a home on Sept. 25 after repo...
Oct 23, 2018
New battle over transgender rights erupts as U.S. midterms draw near
WASHINGTON - The transgender rights movement in the United States has suddenly found itself thrust into the battle for control of Capitol Hill. With U.S. midterms just two weeks away, an internal Depa...
Oct 23, 2018
Jagmeet Singh calls on feds to fund basic income pilot project scrapped by Ford
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to pick up the tab to continue a basic income pilot project scrapped by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. The $150-million, three-year p...
Oct 23, 2018
Rapper whose lyrics reflected Baltimore's pain fatally shot
BALTIMORE - A rising Baltimore rapper who advocated for nonviolence and whose lyrics often reflected the city’s trauma has been shot and killed. The Baltimore Sun reports that 24-year-old Domini...
Oct 23, 2018
B.C. jury trial hears man charged with murder confessing to killing girl, 12
VANCOUVER - A man charged with killing a 12-year-old British Columbia girl provided details in a video seen in court, saying he abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled her near Merritt. Garry Handl...
Oct 23, 2018
Angelina Jolie seeks support for Venezuelan refugees
LIMA, Peru - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie said Tuesday the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans from their country has led to a “shocking” migrant crisis in South America tha...
Oct 23, 2018
Ottawa woman who was once homeless believed to be first trans school trustee
OTTAWA - A woman who was once homeless in Ottawa is believed to be the first openly transgender school trustee to be elected in Ontario and possibly in Canada. Lyra Evans, 26, will become the school t...
Oct 23, 2018
Cosby judge rejects new trial bid; Camille Cosby sees bias
PHILADELPHIA - A judge on Tuesday rejected Bill Cosby’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing, leading the comedian’s wife, Camille, to again accuse the judge of bias against her husba...
Oct 23, 2018
Curtis (Cujo) Joseph lifts the lid on troubled childhood in new autobiography
TORONTO - Hockey fans remember Curtis Joseph as an acrobatic goaltender who spent 19 successful seasons in the NHL. But in his new autobiography “Cujo - The Untold Story Of My Life On And Off Th...
Oct 23, 2018