Category Archives: Canadian Press
Fearful feline fetched from floe: Winnipeg firefighters save cat stranded on ice
WINNIPEG - Firefighters are known for helping cats stuck in trees, but earlier this week a crew in Winnipeg was dispatched to a different kind of feline fix. Members of the fire and paramedic water re...
Apr 20, 2018
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Winnipeg 5 Minnesota 0 (Winnipeg wins series 4-1) Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2 (Pittsburgh leads series 3-2) Colorado 2 Nashville 1 (Nashville leads series...
Apr 20, 2018
Tories back in Quebec before 2019 election hoping to collect ideas and candidates
MONTREAL - The Conservatives are on the road again in Quebec before a federal election, this time with a relatively new leader but with largely the same message: Tory values are Quebecois values. Part...
Apr 20, 2018
NFL draft guru Mike Mayock impressed with Canadian Nathan Shepherd
NFL draft guru Mike Mayock sees Canadian defensive lineman Nathan Shepherd as a diamond in the rough. On Friday, Mayock listed Shepherd fourth on his list of the top-five interior defensive lineman pr...
Apr 20, 2018
Quebec City police say two-year-old girl was stabbed to death
QUEBEC - Police say a two-year-old Quebec girl who died in hospital after being found in a garbage can had been stabbed. Rosalie Gagnon’s mother was charged Thursday with mischief, violating pro...
Apr 20, 2018
Actress arrested in sex trafficking in 'guru to stars' case
NEW YORK - A television actress best known for playing a young Superman’s close friend pleaded not guilty Friday to sex trafficking after federal prosecutors said she worked as a slave “ma...
Apr 20, 2018
Quebec school boards say they're not ready for new surge of asylum seekers
MONTREAL - The rising number of asylum seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border is putting pressure on Quebec schools amid concerns they won’t be ready to meet the demands if a new surge material...
Apr 20, 2018
Karolyis to NBC: 'No way' they knew about doctor's behaviour
NEW YORK - Former USA Gymnastics women’s national team co-ordinator Martha Karolyi and husband Bela tell NBC they were unaware of the abusive behaviour by a former national team doctor now servi...
Apr 20, 2018
CN Tower, closed since Monday due to falling ice concerns, to reopen
TORONTO - The CN Tower will reopen late Friday afternoon after being closed since Monday due to concerns about ice falling from the Toronto landmark. The tower’s Twitter feed says crews have wor...
Apr 20, 2018
Reality television show crew cleared in airport bomb scare
NEWARK, N.J. - Prosecutors have dismissed all charges against a television crew accused of creating a false public alarm when one of its devices prompted a bomb alert at one of the New York area’...
Apr 20, 2018