Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cops' lawyer fights suspension amid fraud and money-laundering charges
TORONTO - A lawyer charged with fraud and money laundering related to dealings he had with top executives of a police union is appealing his suspension. In a notice to the Law Society appeal panel, An...
Dec 12, 2016
Second polar bear orphan at Winnipeg zoo; late freeze-up causing problems
WINNIPEG - The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg has taken in a second orphaned polar bear cub that was seen wandering alone in the Churchill area. Another orphan was flown to the zoo’s polar bea...
Dec 12, 2016
Pro-Kurd party members arrested in wake of Istanbul bombings
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities arrested more than 200 people Monday following suicide bombings near an Istanbul stadium that killed 44 people. The arrests primarily targeted members of a Kurdish polit...
Dec 12, 2016
Voracek, Raanta and Gagner named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Philadelphia Flyers right wing Jakub Voracek, New York Rangers goaltender Antti Raanta and Columbus Blue Jackets centre Sam Gagner are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Voracek led t...
Dec 12, 2016
Lightning's drafting prowess on display as six prospects attend Canada camp
BOISBRIAND, Que. - If the Tampa Bay Lightning want to check out their top prospects, all they need to do is go to the Canadian national junior team’s selection camp. Six Lightning draftees are a...
Dec 12, 2016
LeBron James producing Muhammad Ali documentary for HBO
LOS ANGELES - King James is set to tell the story of The Greatest. Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James will be the executive producer of an HBO documentary on Muhammad Ali, who died earlier this yea...
Dec 12, 2016
Federal government appoints three new bilingual NEB members,
OTTAWA - Federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has moved to revive the stalled review of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline by appointing three new, bilingual, temporary members to the Nat...
Dec 12, 2016
Child playing in cemetery killed when tombstone falls on him
LYNN, Ark. - Authorities say an 8-year-old boy who was playing in a church cemetery was killed after a tombstone broke and fell on top of him. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says the boy w...
Dec 12, 2016
Defence: Police pushed woman in murder-for-hire case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An attorney for a Florida woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband told a jury that detectives were more interested in starring on “Cops” than ...
Dec 12, 2016
PM admits he's lobbied at Liberal fundraisers but says no impact on decisions
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau admitted Monday that he gets lobbied on government business when he’s the featured draw at Liberal party fundraisers. But the prime minister insisted he doesn’t let...
Dec 12, 2016