Category Archives: Canadian Press
Burkina Faso says Canadian abducted by suspected extremists
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A Canadian national has been kidnapped by suspected extremists in Burkina Faso near its border with Niger, the West African nation’s security ministry said Wednesday....
Jan 16, 2019
Byelection turmoil: Liberal quits after singling out Jagmeet Singh as Indian
VANCOUVER - The Liberal candidate running against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Metro Vancouver byelection dropped out of the race Wednesday after drawing criticism for an online post singling out Sin...
Jan 16, 2019
Canadian mining employee kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso: local officials
A Canadian national has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region, government officials said Wednesday. A spokesman for Burkina Faso’s security ministry identified the man as ...
Jan 16, 2019
Show calls boy who stayed up for TV and saved family 'hero'
MINQUADALE, Del. - A 13-year-old Delaware boy credited with saving his family from a house fire when he stayed up late to watch TV has received a special delivery from the show’s writers. The Ne...
Jan 16, 2019
'We can work harder': Leafs shake up lines ahead of meeting with Lightning
TORONTO - As the Maple Leafs digested their latest setback, one word kept bubbling to the surface - work. Toronto’s players and coaches rightly felt they lacked the required effort in MondayR...
Jan 16, 2019
Murder trial hears that woman with Alzheimer's was not at end of life
MONTREAL - Jocelyne Lizotte’s Alzheimer’s disease left her unable to care for herself, but she was not considered to be at the end of life before she was allegedly murdered, a physician te...
Jan 16, 2019
Nova Scotia judge to deliver verdict in British sailor's gang rape case
HALIFAX - A decision is expected Friday in the high-profile case of a British sailor accused in a gang rape at a Halifax-area military base, even as the Crown mulls whether to reinstitute a sexual ass...
Jan 16, 2019
Michigan State President Engler says he'll resign next week
DETROIT - The former governor brought in to help Michigan State University recover from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal resigned Wednesday as the school’s interim president amid backlash o...
Jan 16, 2019
Ticats head coach Orlondo Steinauer unveils his 2019 coaching staff
HAMILTON - He’s a first-time head coach, but Orlondo Steinauer of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats has surrounded himself with veteran experience. Steinauer unveiled his 2019 staff Wednesday and it featu...
Jan 16, 2019
U.S. calls Chinese death sentence against Canadian 'politically motivated'
OTTAWA - The United States has denounced a death sentence imposed on a British Columbia man in China as “politically motivated,” adding heft to Ottawa’s effort to intensify internati...
Jan 16, 2019