Category Archives: Canadian Press

Woman trapped in N.B. clothing bin after seeking shelter during storm
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - Police say a 60-year-old woman became trapped in a clothing donation bin while seeking shelter from a northern New Brunswick snowstorm. An officer in Miramichi was driving past an ar...
Jan 23, 2019

'She was loved:' Man gets 15-year sentence in shooting death of Jeanenne Fontaine
WINNIPEG - The best friend of a woman who was shot dead during a botched robbery sang a mourning song and called for an end to the killing of Indigenous women before a judge sentenced one of the men c...
Jan 23, 2019
Toronto police appeal for help to find two stolen Stanley Cup rings
TORONTO - Police say a pair of Stanley Cup Championship rings have been stolen from a west Toronto home. The rings were taken during a break-and-enter from a home on Monday in the East Mall and Burnha...
Jan 23, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign defensive back Gaitor to contract extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American defensive back Anthony Gaitor on Wednesday to a contract extension through the 2020 season. Gaitor was entering the final year of his agreement thi...
Jan 23, 2019
White supremacist pleads guilty to NYC sword killing
NEW YORK - A white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a black man with a sword as part of an attack that authorities said was intended to incite a race war in the United States. James Jac...
Jan 23, 2019
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski eliminated in Australian Open mixed doubles
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Croatia’s Mate Pavic will not defend their Australian Open mixed doubles title. The top seeds lost 6-1, 4-6, 11-9 to Maria Jose Marti...
Jan 23, 2019

Canada's archive buys 1944 book that hints at Nazi plans for North America
OTTAWA - Canada’s national archive has acquired a rare book it believes could have served as a blueprint for a Nazi purge of Jews in North America. Once part of Adolf Hitler’s personal lib...
Jan 23, 2019

Zimbabwe and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66
HARARE, Zimbabwe - One of Zimbabwe and Africa’s most iconic musicians, Oliver Mtukudzi, died on Wednesday at age 66 after decades of rollicking, captivating performances won him devoted fans wor...
Jan 23, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps add Guinean international winger Alhassane Bangoura
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Guinean international winger Alhassane Bangoura on a one-year loan from Spanish La Liga club Rayo Vallecano. The Whitecaps made the move with the use ...
Jan 23, 2019

Lawyer: No proof nurse raped Arizona patient who had baby
PHOENIX - A nurse who was supposed to be looking after an incapacitated woman at a long-term health care facility was charged Wednesday with raping her, weeks after she stunned her caregivers and fami...
Jan 23, 2019