Category Archives: Canadian Press

Exiled in Montreal, family fears former Venezuelan officer being tortured
MONTREAL - Oswaldo Garcia Padilla says he has experienced firsthand the brutality of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime Last February, masked men broke into the family home outside Car...
Feb 01, 2019

Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes
MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group has shifted its stated strategy yet again on Friday for a massive Wisconsin campus, crediting a conversation with President Donald Trump for cementing plans to...
Feb 01, 2019
Foster parents of slain toddler take in his newborn sister
LARGO, Fla. - The newborn sister of a 2-year-old Florida boy who police say was killed by his mother is now in the care of his former foster parents. Jordan Belliveau lived with Sam and Juliet Warren ...
Feb 01, 2019

Rapper 6ix9ine acknowledges gang membership, pleads guilty
NEW YORK - Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is co-operating with federal prosecutors after pleading guilty to nine crimes and saying he joined a violent New York City gang and helped others try to kill...
Feb 01, 2019
Canada falls to Colombia in Pan Am baseball qualification tournament
IBIUNA, Brazil - Canada settled for second in its group at the Pan American Games men’s baseball qualification tournament after an 8-6 loss to Colombia on Friday. However, Canada (1-1) clinched ...
Feb 01, 2019

More staff, artificial flooding among plans to save Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA - The federal government intends to save the international heritage status of Canada’s largest national park by increasing staffing, better monitoring oil-sands tailings and artificially ...
Feb 01, 2019

Quebec man accused of killing wife describes her rapid Alzheimer's decline
MONTREAL - A man charged with killing his wife at a Montreal long-term care facility told a jury Friday he struggled to provide care as her advanced Alzheimer’s worsened. As he began testifying ...
Feb 01, 2019

Co-founder of Tim Hortons and philanthropist Ron Joyce dies at age 88
Ron Joyce, who rose from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to co-found the Tim Hortons doughnut chain, has died at the age of 88. Joyce died Thursday in his Burlington, Ont., home with his fa...
Feb 01, 2019

Defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng signs extension with Edmonton Eskimos
Canadian defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng signed a contract extension through the 2020 season with the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday. Boateng was scheduled to become a free agent Feb. 12. The six-foot-two...
Feb 01, 2019
Canadian men's rink splits World Cup games to fall out of first
JONKOPING, Sweden - Canada’s Matt Dunstone split a pair of games on Friday, putting the Saskatchewan-based rink’s record at 3-1 at the third World Cup stop of the season. Dunstone lost 5-4...
Feb 01, 2019