Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta investigating ice-cream-eating bear at Dairy Queen drive-thru
INNISFAIL, Alta. - The province is investigating a video that shows a Kodiak bear from a central Alberta zoo being taken through a fast-food drive-thru and being hand-fed ice cream by the restaurant&#...
Jan 18, 2018
Farmers to address Supreme Court in fight against abandoned wells
TABER, Alta. - A group with the support of thousands of farmers will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada to oppose a legal ruling that allows energy companies to walk away from unprofitable well...
Jan 18, 2018
Ontario man pleads guilty to animal cruelty in deaths of 1,500 pigs
SIMCOE, Ont. - Ontario’s animal welfare agency says a man has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in the deaths of more than 1,500 pigs. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
Jan 18, 2018
Ex-Milwaukee cop pleads guilty to soliciting prostitution
MILWAUKEE - A former Milwaukee police officer who was acquitted last year in a fatal shooting that sparked two nights of riots pleaded guilty Thursday to soliciting prostitution in an unrelated sexual...
Jan 18, 2018
Argos name Montreal native Catherine Raiche as director, football administration
TORONTO - Catherine Raiche is back in the CFL. Raiche stepped down as the Montreal Alouettes assistant GM in December. On Thursday, the Toronto Argonauts hired the Montreal native as their director, f...
Jan 18, 2018
Toronto school board rethinking US trip rules enacted after Trump travel ban
TORONTO - Students at public high schools in Toronto are hoping they will be allowed to attend competitions and conferences in the U.S. now that the school board is rethinking its policy barring trave...
Jan 18, 2018
NAFTA: As big decisions approach, ministers to attend longer-than-expected round
WASHINGTON - The ministers leading the effort to forge a new North American Free Trade Agreement will gather for a longer-than-expected round of talks next week as negotiations enter a sensitive polit...
Jan 18, 2018
B.C. police start new push to find killer of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen
BURNABY, B.C. - Six months after a 13-year-old girl from Burnaby, B.C. was murdered, police say they have combed through over 1,000 hours of video and have identified 1,000 people for further follow u...
Jan 18, 2018
Can U.S. border guards search your phone? Yes, and here are some details on how
WASHINGTON - In one of several testy exchanges during a U.S. Senate hearing this week, the country’s secretary of homeland security was pressed to explain a new policy that allows customs agents...
Jan 18, 2018
Crown appeals verdict in case of woman acquitted in alleged terror case
MONTREAL - The Crown has filed an appeal against a Montreal woman found not guilty on terror-related charges. A jury acquitted Sabrine Djermane last December of attempting to leave Canada to commit a ...
Jan 18, 2018