Category Archives: Canadian Press
Niagara Region apologizes to reporter after seizing his equipment
The Niagara Region has apologized to a reporter for seizing equipment staff thought was being used to record a closed council session, an incident journalism organizations decried as an assault on pre...
Dec 8, 2017
Canadian media organizations grapple with requests to 'unpublish' articles
TORONTO - The relief Martin Streete felt the day he walked out of court a free man erodes with every click of Google’s search button. Every time he researches his name, he’s confronted wit...
Dec 8, 2017
CRA backs down in row with diabetics denied disability tax credit
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency took steps Friday to quell a furor over what critics were calling its heartless treatment of diabetics. Disability advocates and opposition parties have been excoria...
Dec 8, 2017
Ontario caribou facing wolf attacks to be moved off island by helicopter
Endangered caribou on an island in Lake Superior will be rounded up, blindfolded and placed inside a helicopter to travel to a new home early next year as the Ontario government tries to save them fro...
Dec 8, 2017
GM Canada proposing first of its kind renewable energy project at Ontario facility
OSHAWA, Ont. - General Motors of Canada is proposing to build a renewable energy project at its St. Catharines Propulsion Plant in Ontario, a first of its kind endeavour for the automaker which it est...
Dec 8, 2017
Chicago plans South Side gospel museum, touted as 1st in US
CHICAGO - Organizers say a gospel music museum planned for Chicago’s South Side will be the first in the country. The National Museum of Gospel Music will be built on the site of the Pilgrim Bap...
Dec 8, 2017
Trucker and toddler die as tractor-trailer hits car, burns
LUMBERTON, N.C. - The North Carolina Highway Patrol says a trucker and a toddler have died after a tractor-trailer carrying chemicals overturned and hit a car. Troopers told local news outlets that th...
Dec 8, 2017
Carey keeps unbeaten streak alive and wraps up first seed at Olympic Trials
OTTAWA - Chelsea Carey might want to send a thank-you card to Swiss skip Silvana Tirinzoni. Tirinzoni brought in Cathy Overton-Clapham as a substitute last season due to injury. Overton-Clapham played...
Dec 8, 2017
Police: 1-year-old dead in North Carolina drive-by shooting
WELDON, N.C. - A 1-year-old boy is dead after being shot in the head by someone who fired into his house from a car. Police in Weldon, a town of around 1,600 northeast of Raleigh, say the house was hi...
Dec 8, 2017
Toronto, Seattle look to add to their respective success stories in MLS Cup
TORONTO - One more chance. Or one more championship. For Toronto FC, Saturday’s MLS Cup final is an opportunity for redemption and to punctuate a record-breaking season with an unprecedented tre...
Dec 8, 2017