Category Archives: Canadian Press
Senegal beats Poland 2-1, 1st African win at World Cup
MOSCOW - Senegal midfielder Mbaye Niang saw the signal from the referee to re-enter following treatment for an injury and jogged along the centre line. Then Niang noticed Poland’s Grzegorz Krych...
Jun 19, 2018
Suspect arrested in connection with right-wing group storming Vice Quebec office
MONTREAL - A 34-year-old man was arrested in connection with an incident in May when members of a nationalist, far-right group stormed the Montreal newsroom of Vice Quebec, police said Tuesday. Montre...
Jun 19, 2018
Widely used pesticides found in Ontario wild turkeys: study
Widely used pesticides blamed for decimating honeybee and other pollinator populations have found their way into wild turkeys in Ontario, according to a new study from Canadian researchers. Scientists...
Jun 19, 2018
The list of celebrities upset by US border policy grows
NEW YORK - Country music icon Willie Nelson has extended an offer to meet President Donald Trump at one of the detention centres at the U.S.-Mexico border to better understand what’s happening, ...
Jun 19, 2018
Committee calls for restrictions to content, labelling, marketing of drinks
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is calling on the federal government to place severe restrictions on the contents and advertising of sugary alcoholic drinks. A report tabled today recommends tha...
Jun 19, 2018
National sports organizations have to report allegations of abuse immediately
OTTAWA - Sports Minister Kirsty Duncan says national sporting organizations will lose their federal funding if they don’t immediately disclose to her office any allegations of abuse or harassmen...
Jun 19, 2018
'Ideological sex clubs:' Alberta gay-straight alliance law faces court challenge
EDMONTON - Alberta’s law banning schools from telling parents when their children join a gay-straight alliance faces its first legal challenge. A Court of Queen’s Bench judge in Medicine H...
Jun 19, 2018
Lawyer challenges female military officer's story in sex-assault case
HALIFAX - A defence lawyer suggested Tuesday that a female military officer who says she was sexually assaulted initially reported just enough to superiors to cover the fact she slept with a subordina...
Jun 19, 2018
Canadian 12-year-old, who's 6-10, catches the eyes of a couple of NBA players
TORONTO - A grinning Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray posed for a selfie at last weekend’s regional finals for the Jr. NBA world championship in St. Catharines, Ont., with a 12-year-old boy. Mu...
Jun 19, 2018
Crown recommends 150-year prison term for Quebec City mosque shooter
QUEBEC - The man who gunned down six Muslim men in a Quebec City mosque deserves to spend 150 years in prison, a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday as he recommended Alexandre Bissonnette receive the longe...
Jun 19, 2018