Category Archives: Canadian Press
Massive new roller-coaster coming to Canada's Wonderland
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Canada’s Wonderland says the amusement park north of Toronto will feature a record-setting roller-coaster when it opens for the 2019 season. It’s called the Yukon Striker, ...
Aug 15, 2018
Thousands of police officers expected at regimental funeral in Fredericton
FREDERICTON - Thousands of police officers and first responders from across the country are expected to attend a regimental funeral Saturday for two Fredericton constables killed in the line of duty, ...
Aug 15, 2018
UK police seek motive of Sudan-born Parliament car crasher
LONDON - Detectives searched several properties as they built up a profile Wednesday of a Sudan-born man who crashed a car outside Britain’s Parliament in what police are treating as an act of t...
Aug 15, 2018
In the news today, Aug. 15
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 15 --- SOURCES: NEONICS ON THEIR WAY OUT IN CANADA The federal government will begin phasing out the outdoor use of nicotine-based pesticides beginning in 2...
Aug 15, 2018
Suicide bomber targets Shiite students in Kabul, killing 48
KABUL - A suicide bomber struck a private education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on Wednesday where high school graduates were preparing for university entrance exams, killing 48 young me...
Aug 15, 2018
Fredericton woman recounts terrifying moments after gunshots rang out
FREDERICTON - She awoke to the crack of gunfire, the shots fired two floors above her in a Fredericton apartment complex. Then she heard a loud pounding at the door, and police wielding guns ordered h...
Aug 15, 2018
Climate change likely to cause more sewage leaks, McKenna says
OTTAWA - More than one hundred municipal wastewater systems did not report how much raw sewage overflowed from their pipes in 2017 but Environment Canada is only investigating two of them for violatin...
Aug 15, 2018
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard has sex offences case put over to September
TORONTO - The case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sex-related charges, was put over to September after a brief hearing in Toronto on Wednesday. Hoggard, 34, was arrested last month ...
Aug 15, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 3 Toronto 6 Kansas City 5 Oakland 3 Seattle 2 National League Milwaukee 7 Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 10 Mia...
Aug 15, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 3 Toronto 6 Kansas City 5 Oakland 3 Seattle 2 National League Milwaukee 7 Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 10 Mia...
Aug 15, 2018