Category Archives: Canadian Press
Parents can't be faulted for their poverty, judge rules in toddler-custody case
HALIFAX - An impoverished Halifax-area couple have regained custody of their toddler daughter, after a judge declared: “There is a difference between parents who are poor, and poor parents.̶...
Jan 4, 2018
Google says phones, tablets also affected by newly discovered security issue
TORONTO - Google says a newly discovered security vulnerability initially thought to be linked to most modern computers is actually a threat to smartphones and tablets as well. Reports began circulati...
Jan 4, 2018
Family wants answers after woman's frozen body found shortly after hospital stay
WINNIPEG - The death of a woman who apparently slipped away from a Winnipeg hospital while she was intoxicated by drugs could - and should - have been prevented, her family says. The frozen body of Wi...
Jan 4, 2018
New York's Met Museum will start charging mandatory $25 fee
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Museum of Art is partially abandoning its “pay-what-you-wish” admissions policy that has made it an egalitarian destination for generations of art lovers, even ...
Jan 4, 2018
State high court won't hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case
FLINT, Mich. - The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to review a judge’s decision to reinstate sexual assault charges against former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves. The state...
Jan 4, 2018
Military short thousands of personnel despite small increase in ranks
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has reversed what had become a worrying trend by posting a small increase in the number of people in uniform last year - though it still has a long way to go to fill all...
Jan 4, 2018
Batherson leads Canada to gold-medal game with 7-2 rout of Czechs at world juniors
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Drake Batherson has flown under the radar for most of his hockey career. He wasn’t invited to Canada’s Summer Showcase this year, a camp where the junior national team̵...
Jan 4, 2018
Saskatchewan Roughriders release veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn. The moves comes a day after the Roughriders acquired quarterback Zach Collaros in a trade with Hamilton. The Roughr...
Jan 4, 2018
Canada's Harvey shapes off broken pole to finish fifth in Tour de Ski
OBERSTDORF, Germany - Canada’s Alex Harvey shrugged off a broken pole and poor conditions to race to fifth on the cross-country Tour de Ski on Thursday. The 29-year-old Harvey started fourth in ...
Jan 4, 2018
Justin Bieber's drums and Grammy among items to display in hometown exhibit
Putting together an exhibit of mementoes from Justin Bieber’s formative years has become a scavenger hunt of sorts for museum staff in his hometown of Stratford, Ont. Over the past few weeks, th...
Jan 4, 2018