Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada suddenly has a world class long jumper in Brampton's Jared Kerr
Jared Kerr’s long jump career began as a friendly bet between four friends. They called themselves the “Amigos,” all either sprinters or hurdlers in their Grade 12 year at St. Edmund...
May 22, 2018
Head of Quebec City mosque urges Ottawa to ban assault weapons
OTTAWA - The president of Quebec City’s Islamic Cultural Centre appealed to a parliamentary committee Tuesday to include a ban on assault weapons in proposed gun control legislation. “Plea...
May 22, 2018
PM open to election law reform amendments amid threat to cut short debate
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he’ll welcome amendments from opposition parties to his government’s proposed reforms to laws governing federal political parties and elections. The prime mini...
May 22, 2018
Bear trashes interior of Connecticut woman's car
CANTON, Conn. - What might be the world’s hairiest vandal has destroyed the interior of a Connecticut woman’s car. Linda Morad tells WFSB-TV she was house-sitting in Canton last Friday whe...
May 22, 2018
Brazil leader scraps bid, supports ex-finance minister
RIO DE JANEIRO - Acknowledging the unlikelihood of his re-election, Brazil’s deeply unpopular president on Tuesday said he wasn’t running and endorsed his former finance minister for the t...
May 22, 2018
Canadian government spending tens of millions on Facebook ads, boosted posts
OTTAWA - The government of Canada has been increasing its use of paid Facebook advertisements over the last three years, spending tens of millions of dollars on boosted posts, videos and ad campaigns,...
May 22, 2018
Sheriff: Suspect in Florida standoff, gunfire, found dead
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A man suspected of trading wild bursts of gunfire with officers during a long standoff in the Florida Panhandle was found dead Tuesday in a gasoline-soaked apartment after an armou...
May 22, 2018
Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign first-round draft pick Darius Ciraco to deal
HAMILTON - Offensive lineman Darius Ciraco wasted little time joining his new Hamilton Tiger-Cats teammates Tuesday. Ciraco participated in the CFL club’s training camp session at Ron Joyce Stad...
May 22, 2018
Morneau pressed to reveal true cost for families from federal carbon tax
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre repeatedly tried to squeeze answers out of Finance Minister Bill Morneau during a marathon Commons session Tuesday night that featured a barrage of questions ...
May 22, 2018
Pot-laced snacks brought to same elementary school on two occasions, cops say
OSHAWA, Ont. - An Ontario police force is hoping to educate parents after kids brought marijuana-laced snacks to the same elementary school on two separate occasions. A Grade 6 student brought home-ba...
May 22, 2018