Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump supporters confuse LeVar Burton with LaVar Ball online
LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump is feuding with LaVar Ball and LeVar Burton is taking the hit on Twitter. Burton is an actor best known for playing Lt. La Forge in “Star Trek” on TV a...
Nov 24, 2017
Borutski found guilty of first-degree, second-degree murder in 2015 killings
OTTAWA - Much as he’d done throughout his two-month trial, Basil Borutski betrayed little emotion on Friday as a jury found him guilty in the deaths of three former partners who were brutally ki...
Nov 24, 2017
Canadian submariner 'really feels for' Argentines lost on sub in South Atlantic
HALIFAX - The captain of a Canadian submarine says his thoughts are with the families of 44 Argentine submarine crew members who have been lost in the South Atlantic for 10 days, but he tries not to d...
Nov 24, 2017
Aurora takeover bid 'makes no sense,' based on inflated share price: CanniMed
TORONTO - CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. fired back at Aurora Cannabis Inc. - which formally launched its hostile takeover bid Friday - saying the Vancouver-headquartered marijuana producer’s manage...
Nov 24, 2017
Quebec cops involved after 14-year-old hockey player allegedly assaults referee
RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. - Quebec provincial police are investigating after a bantam-age hockey player allegedly assaulted a referee with his stick. The incident allegedly occurred Thursday evening in Ri...
Nov 24, 2017
Man ordered to pay $41K in fines for starting wildfires in northern Saskatchewan
LA RONGE, Sask. - A man who admitted he started several wildfires in northern Saskatchewan by flicking lit wooden matches into the forest has been fined tens of thousands of dollars. Donald Halkett Jr...
Nov 24, 2017
Oxford Dictionaries sends video message to Victoria boy who invented 'levidrome'
VICTORIA - An editor at Oxford Dictionaries in the United Kingdom has sent an encouraging response to a six-year-old Victoria boy who created a buzz by inventing a word. Levi Budd came up with levidro...
Nov 24, 2017
Canada set for semifinal against mighty Australia at Rugby League world Cup
Canada was thumped 88-0 by defending champion Australia in group play at the Women’s Rugby League World Cup and chances are it will be another tough day at the office this weekend when the two m...
Nov 24, 2017
Ivanka Trump: Malia Obama should be 'off limits' to media
NEW YORK - Ivanka Trump is condemning recent tabloid coverage of President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia, saying the college student deserves privacy and ought to be “OFF limits....
Nov 24, 2017
29 service members booted from Canadian Forces in 2017 for sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - More than two dozen service members have been kicked out of the Forces since Canada’s top military officer promised to take no prisoners when it came to sexual misconduct in the ranks. ...
Nov 24, 2017