Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta mother gets prison time for breaking ankles of two-year-old girl
EDMONTON - An Alberta mother found guilty of breaking the ankles of her two-year old daughter has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. The woman, who can only be identified as S.N.A. due to a publ...
Mar 01, 2019
Ontario's Scott McDonald feels well-prepped to compete in Brier debut
BRANDON, Man. - Brier rookies they may be, but Scott McDonald’s team vanquished big names and logged more games than any rink this season to get to the Canadian men’s curling championship....
Mar 01, 2019
Alouettes re-sign veteran lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain to one-year deal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes re-signed veteran Canadian offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain to a one-year deal Friday. The six-foot-two, 309-pound Brodeur-Jourdain enters his 12th season with ...
Mar 01, 2019

Nathan Cullen joins long list of NDP MPs who won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Nathan Cullen, one of the NDP’s best known and most effective MPs, is calling it quits. The northern British Columbia MP announced Friday that he won’t seek re-election this fall....
Mar 01, 2019

New impact assessment bill for energy projects to get major changes in Senate
OTTAWA - The federal government’s promised overhaul of environmental evaluations for energy projects is poised for a major Senate surgery, but the upper chamber must race to pass the bill before...
Mar 01, 2019

Appeals Court upholds landmark ruling ordering tobacco companies to pay billions
MONTREAL - In what is being described as a major defeat for the tobacco industry, the Quebec Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a landmark judgment ordering three companies to pay billions of dollars in...
Mar 01, 2019
Police: Girl, 11, charged in death of toddler in her care
SUITLAND, Md. - An 11-year-old girl has been charged in the death of a toddler who was left alone with while her own mother, who was babysitting the boy, ran an errand, police in Maryland announced Fr...
Mar 01, 2019

Ontario researchers discover how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
Ontario researchers say they have discovered how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, a finding they say could help combat the growing problem. Maikel Rheinstadter, a physics professor with McMas...
Mar 01, 2019
Alliance in holding pattern on Johnny Manziel
Johnny Manziel could wind up as part of the Alliance of American Football. Or he could not. The new league is in a holding pattern regarding the quarterback who had his contract terminated this week b...
Mar 01, 2019
Mississauga MetroStars fire head coach/GM after lengthy losing run
TORONTO - The Mississauga MetroStars have fired coach-GM Phil Ionadi and assistant coach Milodrag Akmadzic-Backo. At 3-13, the expansion team has the second-worst record in the Major Arena Soccer Leag...
Mar 01, 2019