Category Archives: Canadian Press
Piatti scores two as Impact win 3-0, hand Orlando sixth straight defeat
MONTREAL - It hasn’t been often this season that the Montreal Impact could say they played well at both ends of the field. So putting up three goals and keeping a clean sheet felt good for the I...
Jun 13, 2018
Man who stole and damaged 18 plaques honouring Canadian war heroes sent to jail
EDMONTON - An Edmonton man convicted of stealing memorial plaques that honour Canadian war heroes is going to jail. Romelo Woolf has been sentenced to 11 months and fined more than $22,000. He stole t...
Jun 13, 2018
Lungs from hepatitis C-infected donors can be safely transplanted: researchers
Toronto doctors have successfully transplanted lungs from deceased donors with hepatitis C into patients in need of the life-saving organs, followed by treatment to prevent them from becoming infected...
Jun 13, 2018
Bank-robber author Stephen Reid dies on Haida Gwaii after admitted to hospital
VICTORIA - He was on the FBI’s most wanted list for robbing banks and often on Canada’s best seller lists for his literature. Stephen Reid, the bank robber-author, has died after being adm...
Jun 13, 2018
Magnitude 5.3 quake rattles Panama; no damage reported
PANAMA CITY - Panama has been rattled by a moderate magnitude 5.3 earthquake, but officials say there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says Wednesday evening&...
Jun 13, 2018
Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakes
Everyone makes mistakes, but when scientists do, the remedy goes far beyond saying you’re sorry. Two fresh examples show how some journals and universities react when the need arises to set the ...
Jun 13, 2018
Woman says Mormon church knew of her abuser's history
SALT LAKE CITY - A woman who says a former Mormon missionary leader raped her in the 1980s accused church officials in a new court filing this week of knowing about the man’s prior sexual miscon...
Jun 13, 2018
No Coke, no Pepsi: Bottlers leave Mexican city hit by crime
MEXICO CITY - Mexicans are among the biggest soda drinkers in the world, so residents of the southern city of Ciudad Altamirano were hit hard when first Coca-Cola then Pepsi closed their distribution ...
Jun 13, 2018
Celebrity deaths force media to examine suicide reporting
NEW YORK - The deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have caused media organizations to look at how they cover suicide and whether more could be done to prevent copycat kil...
Jun 13, 2018
NASA rover knocked out as gigantic dust storm envelops Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s seemingly unstoppable Mars rover Opportunity has been knocked out by a gigantic dust storm that is enveloping the red planet and blotting out the sun. Officials sai...
Jun 13, 2018