Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadiens notch important wins but still battling for a playoff spot
MONTREAL - With a season-ending schedule against four of the NHL’s top teams, the Montreal Canadiens knew their push for a playoff spot wouldn’t be easy. Halfway there, they have picked up...
Apr 03, 2019
Defence lawyer suggests Joshua Boyle's wife lied about an alleged assault
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Joshua Boyle suggested Wednesday his wife made up a story that he struck her in the face at their Ottawa apartment in the months after the couple were freed from captivity in Afg...
Apr 03, 2019
Chinese complaint to third canola firm not a recent escalation: minister
OTTAWA - A spokesman for federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says China’s move to issue a non-compliance complaint against a third Canadian canola-seed exporter was not a recent esc...
Apr 03, 2019
Canada's Koe loses morning draw to Japan, falls in evening to Edin
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Canada’s Kevin Koe was not expecting to run the table at the world men’s curling championship like he did at the Tim Hortons Brier. The surprise on Wednesday was that h...
Apr 03, 2019
Man sentenced to life in prison for shooting woman in the head in her home
An Ontario man who shot a woman in the head several times in her apartment and left her body to decompose there has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. James Scordi...
Apr 03, 2019
Court reduces sentence for Winnipeg woman guilty of hiding infant remains
WINNIPEG - A woman convicted of hiding the remains of six babies in a U-haul storage locker has had her prison term reduced to three years. Andrea Giesbrecht was sentenced last year to 8 1/2 years on ...
Apr 03, 2019
No regrets in SNC-Lavalin affair, Wilson-Raybould and Philpott say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got a first-hand glimpse of the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair when he addressed young women staging a mock Parliament in the House of Commons Wednesday: ab...
Apr 03, 2019
Chicago symphony, striking musicians to restart negotiations
CHICAGO - The union that represents striking Chicago Symphony musicians is returning to the bargaining table with orchestra officials. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra said in a Wednesday statement that...
Apr 03, 2019
Jurors hear rap song recorded by suspected police shooter
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Jurors in the trial of an Alaska man charged with killing a Fairbanks police officer heard a profanity-laden rap song composed by the suspect that prosecutors say gives a motive fo...
Apr 03, 2019
Women's world hockey championship stars prepared to fight for league they want
ESPOO, Finland - The stars of women’s hockey have a loud voice in shaping the future of their league in North America. They vow to use it when the women’s world championship concludes in F...
Apr 03, 2019