Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tauson beats Canadian Fernandez for Australian Open junior girls' singles title
MELBOURNE, Australia - Top-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark denied Canadian Leylah Fernandez a tournament trophy for the second consecutive week. This time it was a Grand Slam. Tauson beat the fourth-se...
Jan 25, 2019
Sheriff: Man admitted 2 slayings; gun used in 4
RENO, Nev. - A 19-year-old from El Salvador admitted killing a married couple in Nevada and used a handgun that he said he stole earlier from their Reno home to do it, according to a sheriff’s r...
Jan 25, 2019
Undercover agents target Toronto-based cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab
NEW YORK - The Associated Press has found that Toronto-based researchers who reported the role of Israeli spyware in the targeting of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s inner circle ar...
Jan 25, 2019
St. Louis officer charged after deadly game with revolver
ST. LOUIS - A male St. Louis police officer was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a female officer during what was described as a deadly game with a revolver. Circu...
Jan 25, 2019
Man found guilty of sexually assaulting wife under threat of deportation
WINDSOR, Ont. - A Windsor, Ont., man abused his wife's precarious immigration status by continuously using the threat of deportation to pressure her to perform sex acts she would not otherwise have co...
Jan 25, 2019
Jamie Lee Curtis working to get stand-in LGBTQ mom onscreen
OKLAHOMA CITY - Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is trying to tell the story of an Oklahoma woman whose pledge to stand in as a mom at same-sex weddings went viral. In a statement Friday, Curtis confirmed tha...
Jan 25, 2019
Wisconsin county: No additional charges for Closs suspect
SUPERIOR, Wis. - A Wisconsin prosecutor said Friday he has no plans “in the immediate future” to file additional charges against the man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin teenager Jayme Clos...
Jan 25, 2019
Calgary city council talking new home for Calgary Flames again
Calgary city council will discuss Monday how to prioritize and pay for mega-projects, including an event centre that would be the new home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames. The event centre, estimate...
Jan 25, 2019
McCallum says dropping Meng extradition would be 'great' for Canada: report
VANCOUVER - A media report is quoting Canada’s ambassador to China as saying it would be “great for Canada” if the United States drops an extradition request against a Huawei executi...
Jan 25, 2019
Puck and player tracking coming to NHL next season
Puck and player tracking is coming to the NHL next season. A sneak preview is coming up this weekend, too. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long-expected news Friday during All-Star Weekend in ...
Jan 25, 2019