Category Archives: Canadian Press
Liberals pressed on anti-poverty plan as report details child poverty rates
OTTAWA - Anti-poverty groups are raising the stakes on the Liberal government’s promise to reduce the prevalence of low-income families by detailing child poverty rates in all 338 federal riding...
Jun 17, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games World Cup At Samara, Russia Serbia 1 Costa Rica 0 At Moscow, Russia Mexico 1 Germany 0 At Rostov-on-Don, Russia Brazil 1 Switzerland 1 — MLB American League Cleveland 4, Min...
Jun 17, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games World Cup At Samara, Russia Serbia 1 Costa Rica 0 At Moscow, Russia Mexico 1 Germany 0 At Rostov-on-Don, Russia Brazil 1 Switzerland 1 — MLB American League Cleveland 4, Min...
Jun 17, 2018
Chicago TV host, athlete Brackett dies at 76 after bike fall
CHICAGO - Elizabeth Brackett, a longtime Chicago journalist and world-champion triathlete, has died four days after an apparent bicycle accident. She was 76. PBS affiliate WTTW, where Brackett hosted ...
Jun 17, 2018
Police suspect fire at mosque in Alberta town was deliberately set
EDSON, Alta. - RCMP in Alberta say they’re investigating an arson at a mosque in a community west of Edmonton. Police say damage to the Edson Mosque on Saturday night was minor and that no one w...
Jun 17, 2018
Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 4, knocks over walls
TOKYO - Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country’s second-largest city, killing four people and injuri...
Jun 17, 2018
Lamaze, Fine Lady, claim Grand Prix win at Spruce Meadows tournament
CALGARY - Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady won a $385,000 Grand Prix on Sunday at the Spruce Meadows Continental tournament. Lamaze and the 15-year-old Hanoverian mare claimed bronze together at the 2016 Oly...
Jun 17, 2018
Correction: US Open story
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - In a story June 17 about Brooks Koepka winning the U.S. Open, The Associated Press reported erroneously that his winning score of 281 was 13 shots higher than last year. It was nin...
Jun 17, 2018
Man charged in death of 28-year-old woman found in Toronto apartment
TORONTO - A man charged in the death of a 28-year-old Toronto woman had just met and moved in with her three weeks before she was found suffering from obvious signs of trauma inside their fifth-floor ...
Jun 17, 2018
Egypt goalkeeper declines beer-sponsored World Cup award
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - An Egypt team official has confirmed goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy declined to receive a player of the match trophy at the World Cup for religious reasons. The trophy, an artis...
Jun 17, 2018