Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hundreds of people lost millions in GTA taxi fraud scam, police say
TORONTO - An ongoing fraud and identity theft operation targeting taxi riders in the Greater Toronto Area has already cost hundreds of people millions of dollars, city police said Thursday as they ann...
Jan 17, 2019
Fans buy 'Little House on the Prairie' star's memorabilia
GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - More than 200 items belonging to “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert and her husband, Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield, have been purchased in an ...
Jan 17, 2019
Lowry in but Leonard, Anunoby and Valanciunas to sit out Phoenix game
TORONTO - The Raptors got some good news Thursday with star point guard Kyle Lowry and C.J. Miles both pronounced fit to play against the Phoenix Suns. Toronto said earlier in the day that Lowry, Kawh...
Jan 17, 2019
Edmonton Eskimos sign Canadian kicker Hugh O'Neill to contract extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos re-signed Canadian kicker/punter Hugh O’Neill on Thursday to a contract extension through the 2020 season. O’Neill appeared in all 18 regular-season games w...
Jan 17, 2019
Germany: Love Parade trial headed for inconclusive end
BERLIN - The trial of 10 people in Germany over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 appears likely to be closed without a formal verdict. Four event organizers and six...
Jan 17, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign OL Stanley Bryant to one-year extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed offensive lineman Stanley Bryant to a one-year contract extension Thursday. Bryant was named the CFL’s top lineman for a second straight season in ...
Jan 17, 2019
Gladys Knight to sing national anthem at the Super Bowl
NEW YORK - Gladys Knight will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s Super Bowl. The seven-time Grammy Award-winner says she’s proud to use her voice to “unite an...
Jan 17, 2019
Number of federal workers seeking US jobless aid doubles
WASHINGTON - The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the shutdown, topping 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5. The Labor Department said...
Jan 17, 2019
Watchdog: Thousands more children may have been separated
WASHINGTON - Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations lo...
Jan 17, 2019
Supreme Court rejects Calgary man's appeal in neighbour's fatal stabbing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a man who argued he was fending off an attempted sexual assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberry of Calgary was sen...
Jan 17, 2019