Category Archives: Canadian Press
Following worldwide tour, Canadian Mike Weir returns to PGA Tour event
After spending the last year playing golf in such places as Italy, Morocco, Fiji, Australia, and South Africa, Canadian Mike Weir returns to the PGA Tour this week for the first time since last year's...
Jan 16, 2018

Police find mother of baby allegedly abandoned in Toronto, investigation ongoing
Toronto police say they’ve found the mother of a newborn baby boy who was allegedly abandoned Tuesday morning outside a commercial building. The mother is receiving medical care, police said, bu...
Jan 16, 2018

Anti-abortion activities not eligible for revamped youth service program
OTTAWA - Activities and projects that are considered to be anti-abortion will be ineligible for funding as part of Canada’s revamped national youth volunteer program. Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Jan 16, 2018

Longtime Parti Quebecois members announce they won't seek re-election
MONTREAL - Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee is not pressing the panic button after several prominent PQ members of the national assembly announced Tuesday they won’t run in this year...
Jan 16, 2018
2 men hit each other in consecutive accidents in Germany
BERLIN - Police in the eastern German city of Dresden say two men suffered minor injuries after backing in to one another in two consecutive accidents. Police said Tuesday that a 49-year-old man pulle...
Jan 16, 2018

Girl dies after being pinned between vehicles while picked up from school
TORONTO - Grief counsellors were at a north Toronto school Tuesday to help students and staff cope with the news that a five-year-old girl had died after being pinned between two SUVs. The Toronto Cat...
Jan 16, 2018
Pope meets with abuse survivors, weeps with them in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile - Pope Francis met on Tuesday with survivors of priests who sexually abused them, wept with them and apologized for the “irreparable damage” they suffered, his spokesman sa...
Jan 16, 2018

Japanese public TV says staffer sent missile alert in error
TOKYO - Japanese public broadcaster NHK said Wednesday that an erroneous alert about a North Korean missile fired at Japan was sent by a staff member who meant to transmit a different news flash. NHK ...
Jan 16, 2018
2 newly confirmed van Gogh drawings on show in Netherlands
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Two drawings of a hill in Paris have been confirmed as works by Vincent van Gogh and are going on display at a Dutch museum. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said Tuesday that...
Jan 16, 2018
Fraud trial resumes for ex-'cocaine cowboys' pilot
MIAMI - Trial in an auto fraud case is resuming for a pilot who once flew loads of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” era. Prosecution testimony resumes Tue...
Jan 16, 2018