Category Archives: Canadian Press
All-SEC title game on horizon? Alabama gets nod over Ohio St
Back in January 2012, the day after Alabama beat LSU in the BCS championship game, the commissioners of the FBS conferences gathered in New Orleans to discuss the future of the college football post-s...
Dec 3, 2017
Memorial held for children at orphanage who died in Halifax Explosion
HALIFAX - They came to the orphanage because their families could not care for them. Then, disaster struck. The wards of the Halifax Protestant Orphanage were as young as three and as old as 13 when a...
Dec 3, 2017
Two women, 55 and 75, killed in overnight stabbing in Montreal
MONTREAL - Police say two women, aged 55 and 75, are dead after an overnight stabbing in Montreal. Investigators say they were called to an apartment in the city’s east end at about 3:15 a.m. on...
Dec 3, 2017
Sri Lankan family makes final plea to stay in Montreal ahead of deportation
MONTREAL - A Sri Lankan family in Montreal that is set to be deported tonight is hoping for a last-minute reprieve from Ottawa. The Lawrence family arrived five years ago as refugee claimants and have...
Dec 3, 2017
Blasts fails to bring down upper section of Silverdome
PONTIAC, Mich. - A partial implosion of the Silverdome failed to bring down the upper section of the Detroit Lions’ former home as intended Sunday as demolition of the stadium began. Demolition ...
Dec 3, 2017
University grapples with sexual-assault allegations against football players
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The bucolic university campus is set in a small Nova Scotia town: A cluster of steeples, ivy-covered brick and stone buildings and manicured sports fields. St. Francis Xavier Univer...
Dec 3, 2017
'It's very unusual:' Lake Louise in court over endangered species charges
CALGARY - A world-renowned Alberta ski resort faces some legal moguls in a Calgary courtroom Monday over charges it cut down a stand of endangered trees. But an environmental law professor says the ra...
Dec 3, 2017
Are you 'suitably paranoid' about your home devices' cybersecurity?
TORONTO - The proliferation of internet-connected home devices such as thermostats, baby monitors and fridges is creating an ever-expanding interconnected web known as the Internet of Things, or IoT. ...
Dec 3, 2017
'Particularly vulnerable:' Proposed law offers protection to Alberta pet owners
Davida Marantz got an unwelcome surprise when she got out of hospital in 2014 and went to pick up her beloved Sheltie Libby from friends. The dog needed $4,800 dollars in dental surgery while the Edmo...
Dec 3, 2017
'Prairie Home Companion' radio show renamed 'Town Hall'
NEW YORK - “A Prairie Home Companion” is changing its name to “Town Hall” after allegations of improper conduct were made against former host Garrison Keillor. The man who repl...
Dec 3, 2017