Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man confessed to killing B.C. girl because he feared losing crime job: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Fear of losing a job that offered multiple perks and a promising future with a well-connected crime group led a man to falsely confess to murdering a 12-year-old girl in British Columbia i...
Jan 07, 2019
After a tame Globes, is a less-charged awards season ahead?
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Golden Globe Awards looked like it had gone entirely back to frothy, bubbly business as usual, until Regina King did the impossible: She got the orchestra to stop playing h...
Jan 07, 2019
Impact transfer Silva to Paraguayan side Club Olimpia for club-record fee of $4M
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact has transferred Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva to Paraguayan side Club Olimpia. The Major League Soccer team said the amount of the transfer was in excess of US$4 ...
Jan 07, 2019

Quebecers with degenerative diseases in court to challenge assisted dying laws
MONTREAL - Two Quebecers suffering from incurable degenerative diseases were in court Monday to challenge provincial and federal laws that have left them ineligible for medically assisted death. Jean ...
Jan 07, 2019
7 dead in shooting in Mexican city of Playa del Carmen
MEXICO CITY - Seven men have been killed in a shooting attack at a bar in Mexico’s Caribbean coasl city of Playa del Carmen, authorities said Monday. State and local police said the attack occur...
Jan 07, 2019

'Black Panther,' 'A Star Is Born' get Writers Guild noms
LOS ANGELES - The scripts for “Black Panther” and “A Star Is Born” are among the five films that have been selected to compete for best adapted screenplay at the Writers Guild ...
Jan 07, 2019

Canadian golfer Hadwin aiming for Presidents Cup spot, return to major championships
With the Presidents Cup in his sights and high hopes to return to major championship fields, Adam Hadwin knows a strong start to 2019 is essential. The Abbotsford, B.C., golfer is in the field this we...
Jan 07, 2019

Calgary Stampeders release all-star Alex Singleton to sign with NFL team
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have released all-star linebacker Alex Singleton to sign with an NFL team. The Stampeders did not identify which NFL team will sign Singleton, but media reports say it...
Jan 07, 2019

B.C. Appeal Court gives Ottawa more time to fix solitary confinement law
VANCOUVER - The Court of Appeal of British Columbia has given the federal government more time to fix its solitary confinement law after a lower court declared indefinite prisoner segregation unconsti...
Jan 07, 2019

Family of Quebecer missing in Africa reassured Ottawa taking case seriously
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec woman who went missing with her Italian friend in West Africa last month says it finally feels federal authorities are taking the case seriously following several fru...
Jan 07, 2019