Category Archives: Canadian Press
Japan cult leader's hanging closes chapter on shocking crime
TOKYO - The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader and six of his followers closed a chapter on one of Japan’s most shocking crimes, the poison gas attack on rush-hour commuters in Tokyo...
Jul 05, 2018
Police investigating blast that caused house fire and killed man
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP in West Kelowna, B.C., say a man has died after an explosion and subsequent fire in a home. Police say four people were inside the house that was levelled on Wednesday night....
Jul 05, 2018
One dead in small plane crash on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast: fire chief
SELMA PARK, B.C. - The pilot of a small plane has been killed, but his three passengers were able to walk away after a crash near the Sechelt airport in British Columbia on Thursday. Sechelt fire Chie...
Jul 05, 2018
West Indies B remains unbeaten in Global T20 competition
TORONTO - David Warner, captaining the Winnipeg Hawks for the first time, scored just six runs and saw his team lose by nine wickets to the West Indies B team in the Global T20 Canada competition on T...
Jul 05, 2018
Longtime NDP MP David Christopherson says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Veteran NDP MP David Christopherson says he will not seek re-election next year after more than three decades of public life. The longtime Hamilton Centre MP announced his decision Thursday o...
Jul 05, 2018
N.B. town reclaims title of having what it says is world's longest lobster roll
SHEDIAC, N.B. - Residents of a small New Brunswick community that prides itself on its renowned lobster catches was basking in the glow of a restored, distinctly Maritime honour - creating what it say...
Jul 05, 2018
French soccer fans in Montreal prepare for 'les Bleus' World Cup match
MONTREAL - As she drank an apple-carrot smoothie on a patio in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood, French tourist Josiane Vignolles said there is no doubt where she will be Friday morning for the ...
Jul 05, 2018
Purported Rob Ford 'crack confession tie' up for auction on eBay, asking $10K
TORONTO - A tie purported to be the one late Toronto mayor Rob Ford wore on Nov. 5, 2013, when he admitted smoking crack cocaine, is up for sale on eBay again. There were 111 bids on the tie over a se...
Jul 05, 2018
Rare win has Alouettes in better mood ahead of clash with Redblacks
MONTREAL - One win doesn’t make a season, but it certainly put the Montreal Alouettes in a better frame of mind. After ending a 13-game losing streak last week in Saskatchewan, the Alouettes (1-...
Jul 05, 2018
As temperatures get warmer, more cases of voyeurism are reported: police
TORONTO - As the temperatures outside get warmer, police say the reported number of cases of voyeurism tend to rise. Domenic Sinopoli, an inspector with the Toronto police sex crimes unit, says around...
Jul 05, 2018