Category Archives: Canadian Press
Halifax man jailed after forcing woman into prostitution, denying her food
HALIFAX - A Halifax man who pushed a young woman back into prostitution, and admitted threatening to chop her up and serve her at a dinner party, has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Leslie Gray a...
Jan 17, 2018
Saudi Arabia to transfer $2 billion after urgent Yemen plea
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ordered the transfer of $2 billion to Yemen on Wednesday, a day after Yemen’s Saudi-backed prime minister made an urgent appeal on the kin...
Jan 17, 2018
13 siblings held captive were likely coerced to remain quiet
LOS ANGELES - When a 17-year-old girl jumped out a window from the house where her parents allegedly starved and tortured their 13 children, she broke a silence that had likely lasted years. It’...
Jan 17, 2018
U.S. border data fuels Canadian visa crackdown, newly released figures show
OTTAWA - A budding cross-border data exchange with the United States is quietly helping Canada crack down on immigration violators. The federal government has flagged more than 1,000 possible cases of...
Jan 17, 2018
Feds long way from restarting or scraping missing, murdered women inquiry: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is a long way from “starting over or scrapping” the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The federal gov...
Jan 17, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 17
Eight stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 17 --- CANADA, U.S. URGE CRACKDOWN ON NORTH KOREA Canada and the U.S. led calls Tuesday for the global community to step up its enforcement of sanctions a...
Jan 17, 2018
Bank of Canada hikes interest rate on strong economy, but underlines NAFTA risks
OTTAWA - The economy’s impressive run has prompted another interest-rate hike from the Bank of Canada - but looking ahead it warned of the broadening negative impact of NAFTA’s uncertain f...
Jan 17, 2018
Change in politics, society on sexual misconduct 'not fast enough,' says Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes society is still lagging behind the systemic changes he is trying to make on Parliament Hill when it comes to preventing and responding to sexua...
Jan 17, 2018
Thursday will be Day 8 of Lac-Megantic jury deliberations
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Jurors in the Lac-Megantic criminal negligence trial have completed Day 7 of their deliberations without reaching a verdict. Unlike Tuesday, when they emerged with a letter telling ...
Jan 17, 2018
Feds long way from restarting or scraping missing, murdered women inquiry: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is a long way from “starting over or scrapping” the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The federal gov...
Jan 17, 2018