Category Archives: Canadian Press
Wynne wants answers on Toronto cannabis store location near school
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is looking into how a decision was made to place one of the province’s first government-run cannabis stores less than a kilometre from a school, as school board of...
Apr 12, 2018
Heather Locklear pleads not guilty to battery of deputies
VENTURA, Calif. - Heather Locklear has pleaded not guilty to charges she attacked deputies who answered a domestic violence call at her Southern California home. Locklear’s attorney entered the ...
Apr 12, 2018
B.C. professor arrested and jailed in Slovakia since November
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An anthropology professor from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., has been in jail in Slovakia since last November, accused of child pornography, sexual violence and arms t...
Apr 12, 2018
People asked to steer clear of wayward beluga whale spotted in N.B.
POINTE-DU-CHENE, N.B. - A conservation group is urging people not to interact with belugas after a wayward whale was spotted in southeastern New Brunswick. A photo of a beluga was taken this month nea...
Apr 12, 2018
Wiggins, Joseph, Thompson, Olynyk represent Canadian talent in NBA playoffs
TORONTO - A thrilling final day of the NBA regular season featured a battle between Canadians Andrew Wiggins and Jamal Murray for a spot in the post-season. The Minnesota Timberwolves went on to edge ...
Apr 12, 2018
More than a dozen Canadians charged in global child sex abuse investigation
TORONTO - A sweeping global child exploitation investigation has led to more than 150 arrests around the world and either charges or convictions against 16 Canadians, Toronto police said Thursday. The...
Apr 12, 2018
Swedish Academy head resigns amid turmoil at Nobel group
STOCKHOLM - The head of the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature resigned Thursday after an internal dispute at the prestigious institution brought criticism from the Nobel board ...
Apr 12, 2018
Bomb blast at packed Somalia stadium kills 5 football fans
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A bomb exploded at a packed football stadium in southern Somalia and killed five spectators while wounding several others, police said Thursday evening. The Somalia-based, al-Qaid...
Apr 12, 2018
Man on trial for military centre stabbing had mental illness, doctor testifies
TORONTO - A Toronto man charged with terror offences after being accused of attacking soldiers at a military recruitment centre two years ago should be found not criminally responsible for his actions...
Apr 12, 2018
Doug Ford's decision to fire Hydro One CEO would cost at least $10.7 million
TORONTO - If elected premier of Ontario in the spring election, Doug Ford says his first act will be to fire the CEO of Hydro One and its board of directors, whom he blames for the rising electricity ...
Apr 12, 2018