Category Archives: Canadian Press
Giants release kicker Josh Brown in wake of spousal abuse
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Giants released placekicker Josh Brown on Tuesday, six days after police documents revealed Brown admitted to repeatedly abusing his former wife while they were ma...
Oct 25, 2016
2 killed in police confrontation outside Maryland motel room
ELKTON, Md. - Officers fatally shot a fugitive couple on a motel balcony Tuesday when they refused to drop their weapons, which turned out to be BB guns that looked like real firearms, authorities sai...
Oct 25, 2016
Missouri's American Royal horse exhibition moving to Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - One of Kansas City’s most venerable cultural institutions, the annual American Royal horse and livestock exhibition, is moving to Kansas from Missouri, officials announced Tu...
Oct 25, 2016
Iraqi government delayed deployment of Canadian military hospital: Sajjan
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is blaming the Iraqi government for holding up a Canadian military hospital that was supposed to be available to treat casualties during the attack on Mosul, wh...
Oct 25, 2016
Venezuela's congress opens political trial against Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress has opened a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for breaking the constitutional order, deepening a standoff triggere...
Oct 25, 2016
Fishermen lose bid to halt tidal power testing in Bay of Fundy
HALIFAX - An effort by a fishermen’s group to halt testing of tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy has been denied by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The Bay of Fundy Inshore Fisherman’s A...
Oct 25, 2016
B.C. called on to release provincewide statistics on police-dog bites
VANCOUVER - A month after a bystander was mistakenly mauled by a Vancouver police dog, a legal advocacy group is calling on the provincial government to release newly gathered numbers outlining how ma...
Oct 25, 2016
Veteran defender Drew Moor leads Toronto FC backline into MLS playoffs
TORONTO - Goalkeeper Clint Irwin’s MLS debut came without notice March 16, 2013, when he was summoned off the Colorado bench four minutes into a game against Real Salt Lake to replace an injured...
Oct 25, 2016
Mother heartbroken after no criminal charges recommended in B.C. party-bus death
VANCOUVER - The grieving mother of a 23-year-old woman who died after falling out of a party bus says she’s heartbroken that criminal charges won’t be laid in the case. Vancouver police sa...
Oct 25, 2016
Premier calls news of alleged nursing home murders 'extremely distressing'
TORONTO - The alleged murders of eight Ontario nursing home residents by a nurse raise serious questions about government oversight, opposition politicians charged Tuesday, but the government provided...
Oct 25, 2016