Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police apologize for arresting wrong man in Ontario bomb threat investigation
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Police are apologizing to a 62-year-old man from Peterborough, Ont., after arresting him in connection to an investigation into bomb threats made to local businesses. They say the...
Feb 1, 2018
Unicycle thief sought in San Francisco; reward offered
SAN FRANCISCO - Someone at the San Francisco airport stole a 7-foot (2.13-meter) unicycle used by the Red Panda Acrobat for her plate-juggling routine and the legendary performer is offering a $2,000 ...
Feb 1, 2018
Man who drove van into Muslims in London convicted of murder
LONDON - A man who steeped himself in far-right, anti-Muslim ideas before driving a van into a crowd of worshippers near a north London mosque was convicted Thursday of murder and attempted murder. A ...
Feb 1, 2018
Former Wolfpack marquee forwards find new teams after being let go by Toronto
TORONTO - Star forwards Fuifui Moimoi, Ryan Bailey and Dave Taylor, released by the Toronto Wolfpack during training camp, have found new teams. The Toronto rugby league club severed ties with the mar...
Feb 1, 2018
Effectiveness of flu shot under 20 per cent for dominant strain this season: experts
TORONTO - The effectiveness of this season’s flu shot has been extremely low, with the vaccine preventing only 10 to 20 per cent of infections caused by the dominant H3N2 strain affecting Canadi...
Feb 1, 2018
Man in stable condition after being shot in head at Maniwaki courthouse
MONTREAL - An altercation at a Quebec courthouse that left an 18-year-old man in hospital with a gunshot wound to the head is raising questions about security at the province’s courthouses. The ...
Feb 1, 2018
Only on AP: For NFL players, racial profiling often personal
A son who saw a police officer hold a gun to his father’s head. A husband whose wife was pulled over driving a Bentley. These unsettling scenes are among the stories from some of the NFL’s...
Feb 1, 2018
AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar
BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh - The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognized his friends only by the colou...
Feb 1, 2018
Nassar victim who complained in 2004 gets apology from cops
MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A woman whose assault complaint against Larry Nassar was dismissed without charges being filed in 2004 accepted an apology years later Thursday from a Michigan police chief ...
Feb 1, 2018
Topless beachgoers: Ban is unconstitutional, discriminatory
CONCORD, N.H. - A city law in New Hampshire that bans women from showing their nipples is unconstitutional and discriminatory, a lawyer for three women accused of violating it told the state’s h...
Feb 1, 2018