Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec mother found guilty in deaths of daughters to appeal verdict
MONTREAL - A Quebec mother convicted in the killings of her two young daughters will appeal the guilty verdicts. Adele Sorella’s lawyers filed a motion today with the province’s Court of A...
Apr 03, 2019
Los Angeles honours Jane Goodall on her 85th birthday
Los Angeles city leaders honoured the lifetime achievements of famed primatologist Jane Goodall by singing “Happy Birthday” to her on her 85th birthday. Goodall vocalized a chimpanzee gree...
Apr 03, 2019
Ontario police bust international drug ring, seize 55 kilos of cocaine
Police in Ontario say they’ve busted an international cocaine smuggling operation with links to Mexico and the United States after a large drug seizure at the border. The investigation dubbed &#...
Apr 03, 2019
Senators sign forward Jonathan Gruden to three-year entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Jonathan Gruden to a three-year, entry-level contract, which will start next season. Gruden, 18, recently completed his freshman campaign with the NCAA...
Apr 03, 2019
Hurricanes fall in Game 7 after curling conflict forces them into smaller arena
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Call it road-ice advantage. The Calgary Hitmen are preparing for the second round of the WHL playoffs after posting a 4-2 win in Game 7 against the Lethbridge Hurricanes in a build...
Apr 03, 2019
Sheriff: 4 shot in Mississippi by man seeking to shoot woman
HERMANVILLE, Miss. - Authorities say they are seeking a suspect after four men were shot and wounded outside a Mississippi convenience store. Claiborne County Sheriff Frank Davis tells local news outl...
Apr 03, 2019
Manitoba joins two other provinces challenging federal carbon tax in court
WINNIPEG - Manitoba has joined a list of conservative-led provinces challenging the federal government’s backstop carbon tax in court. Premier Brian Pallister says his government will ask a fede...
Apr 03, 2019
Cryptocurrency platform QuadrigaCX should be placed in bankruptcy: monitor
HALIFAX - The court-ordered monitor picking over the remains of the shuttered QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency platform says the insolvent operation should be placed in bankruptcy. Ernst and Young says it ha...
Apr 03, 2019
Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras gets new opponent for UFC Ottawa card
TORONTO - Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras has a new opponent for the May 4 televised UFC card in Ottawa. The 30-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., was originally slated to face Leah Letson (5...
Apr 03, 2019
Mexican American group MEChA eyes name change amid furor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - MEChA, a Mexican American student group founded 50 years ago at the end of the turbulent 1960s, is considering a name change, highlighting the divisions between older civil rights ...
Apr 03, 2019