Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Stars seemed to have aligned' for new Halifax CFL bid, commissioner says
HALIFAX - CFL fans in Halifax have been told the league is serious about establishing a coast-to-coast footprint, although there is no announcement imminent on a franchise for the East Coast’s l...
Feb 23, 2018
5 things you probably didn't know about the Oscars
LOS ANGELES - You have a firm grip on this year’s Oscar nominees, last year’s winners and what host Jimmy Kimmel will undoubtedly joke about (and the best picture award goes to … oop...
Feb 23, 2018
Groups behind Montreal's new Champlain Bridge say project will be done on time
MONTREAL - The consortium building Montreal’s new bridge over the St. Lawrence River said Friday it will be able to deliver the structure by the December 2018 timeline, but the project could cos...
Feb 23, 2018
Alberta judge cleared in case where sex assault victim was shackled and jailed
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge has been cleared of misconduct in the case of a sexual assault victim who was shackled in court and imprisoned during her testimony. The Alberta Judicial Council says provi...
Feb 23, 2018
A glance at the alleged victims of Bruce McArthur, charged in six deaths
TORONTO - Here is a glance at the alleged victims of Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old Toronto landscaper charged with six counts of first-degree murder: MAJEED KAYHAN The 58-year-old Toronto man was repo...
Feb 23, 2018
Court rejects former child refugee's request to pause deportation proceedings
HALIFAX - A former Somali child refugee’s request to temporarily halt his deportation proceedings has been rejected by the Federal Court. Abdoul Abdi, who never got Canadian citizenship while gr...
Feb 23, 2018
Myanmar bulldozes what was left of Rohingya Muslim villages
BANGKOK - First, their villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to literally erase them from the earth - in a vast operation rights groups say is destroy...
Feb 23, 2018
AP Explains: Graham's rare honour at US Capitol
WASHINGTON - Congress is reserving one of the nation’s greatest distinctions for the Rev. Billy Graham, selecting him to lie in honour in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda next Wednesday and Thursday. Am...
Feb 23, 2018
Quebec universities launch 'world first' UNESCO anti-radicalization chair
MONTREAL - Quebec’s new UNESCO chair on the prevention of radicalization and violent extremism is the first of its kind in the world, say members of three universities who launched the project F...
Feb 23, 2018
Florida man yells 'murderers!' as he's put to death
STARKE, Fla. - As the execution drugs were being administered, inmate Eric Scott Branch let out a blood-curdling scream. Then he yelled “murderers! murderers! murderers!” as he thrashed on...
Feb 23, 2018