Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kansas plan for new prison draws criticism from lawmakers
TOPEKA, Kan. - A plan to have the largest private prison operator in the U.S. build a new state prison for Kansas immediately faced bipartisan criticism from legislators Thursday because the state wou...
Nov 30, 2017
Hand grenade found in donation to California Goodwill store
PLACENTIA, Calif. - Authorities say someone left a hand grenade inside a box of donations that was dropped off by a woman at a Goodwill store in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times reports an u...
Nov 30, 2017
Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett ending career due to spinal issues
Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett says he is devastated after deciding to follow medical advice and end his hockey career due to spinal problems. Doctors have recommended he not return to the ic...
Nov 30, 2017
Racial profiling, discrimination focus of inquiry into Toronto police
TORONTO - Decades of complaints about racial profiling and discrimination by police officers in Canada’s most populous city have prompted a wide-ranging inquiry by Ontario’s Human Rights C...
Nov 30, 2017
Between 400,000 and 700,000 African migrants in Libya: AU
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire - Between 400,000 and 700,000 African migrants are living in camps in Libya, often under “inhuman” conditions, the chairman of the African Union Commission sai...
Nov 30, 2017
Co-founder of 'Ice Bucket Challenge' dies after ALS battle
PELHAM, N.Y. - The ALS Association says a man credited as one of the co-founders of the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” that swept social media in 2014 has died after a yearslong battle with ...
Nov 30, 2017
Court awards ex-Quebec paramedics $1.2 million over subway scare
Montreal’s transit authority has been ordered to pay two former paramedics a total of more than $1.2 million for an accidental scare that left them both unable to work in the profession. Yolande...
Nov 30, 2017
High court won't hear manslaughter appeal of Calgary man
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear the appeal of a Calgary man who was convicted of manslaughter for stabbing his neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberry was found guilty in the ...
Nov 30, 2017
US troops get freeze-dried plasma for battlefield bloodshed
RALEIGH, N.C. - All of the U.S. military’s special operations fighters now being sent to war zones have freeze-dried blood plasma, a crucial addition to first-aid kits that can prevent badly wou...
Nov 30, 2017
Woman reveals sexual messages from Texas congressman
AUSTIN, Texas - A conservative activist who for years exchanged online messages with Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton says that when he occasionally steered the topic toward sexual themes, she long di...
Nov 30, 2017