Category Archives: Canadian Press

Woman caught in avalanche near Field, B.C. dies of her injuries: Parks Canada
FIELD, B.C. - A woman who was caught in an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains west of the Alberta-B.C. boundary has died of her injuries. Parks Canada says she was with a group of ice-climbers in Yoho N...
Mar 12, 2019
Kim Kardashian West will cover released prisoner's rent
NASHVILLE - Thanks to Kim Kardashian West, one of the first inmates released after federal sentencing reforms won’t have to worry about rent for five years. Matthew Charles told The Tennessean l...
Mar 12, 2019

Mansion where Phil Spector killed actress is for sale
ALHAMBRA, Calif. - The hilltop Los Angeles-area mansion where music producer Phil Spector killed actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 is for sale at $5.5 million. The Daily News reported Sunday that the wall...
Mar 12, 2019

Confederate statue removed from historic N Carolina court
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A North Carolina city removed a Confederate statue Tuesday from the grounds of an old courthouse, drawing applause from onlookers for the rare move in a state where such monument...
Mar 12, 2019
2 ex-cops arrested in killing of black Brazilian politician
RIO DE JANEIRO - Authorities arrested two former police officers Tuesday in the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, a brazen assassination that shocked Brazilians an...
Mar 12, 2019

Dennis Oland joins lawyers, judge for visit to scene of father's murder
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland revisited the office where his father, Richard, was bludgeoned to death eight years ago as evidence wrapped up Tuesday at his second-degree murder trial. Sheriffs guard...
Mar 12, 2019
UN: December massacre in Congo left 535 people dead
DAKAR, Senegal - Intercommunal violence that left at 535 people dead in western Congo may amount to crimes against humanity, according to a report by United Nations investigators released on Tuesday t...
Mar 12, 2019
Boeing jet grounded in much of world after Ethiopia crash
HEJERE, Ethiopia - Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United St...
Mar 12, 2019

In the news today, March 12
Four stories in the news for Monday, March 11 --- ONTARIO FAMILY OF SIX KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Six members of an Ontario family, spanning three generations, are being remembered as wonderful, loving pe...
Mar 12, 2019

'Children are going to die:' Advocate's report on Tina Fontaine urges changes
SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. - Manitoba’s children’s advocate says there are many children in care who are in danger of being sexually exploited or dying almost five years after an Indigeno...
Mar 12, 2019