Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's Raonic loses 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to Berankis in first round at Basel
BASEL, Switzerland - Milos Raonic was upset in the first round of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to Ricardas Berankis. An efficient Berankis converted three of five...
Oct 25, 2016
Canadian Blood Services by the numbers
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services will soon enforce stricter guidelines on iron levels from donors. Starting Dec. 10, female donors will need to wait 12 weeks between blood donations instead of the cur...
Oct 25, 2016
'I will not allow you to have my silence:' victim statement read in court
WINNIPEG - The Crown read out prepared victim impact statements Tuesday in Winnipeg at a sentencing hearing on behalf of a teenage girl and a woman who were sexually assaulted and beaten in November 2...
Oct 25, 2016
Five international cases of nurses suspected in patient deaths
An Ontario nurse was charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder of eight long-term care home residents who died between 2007 and 2014. Investigators say 49-year-old Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer o...
Oct 25, 2016
Sunken B.C. tug's tanks now pumped out, thousands of litres of fuel not recovered
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - More than 90,000 litres of diesel have yet to be accounted for after a group overseeing cleanup of a spill from a submerged tug on British Columbia’s central coast said the t...
Oct 25, 2016
Teenager attacked and tossed in Winnipeg river recalls darkness and pain
WINNIPEG - A teenager who was beaten, sexually assaulted and forced into a Winnipeg river told her attacker Tuesday she continues to suffer the physical and emotional pain of an attack that almost cla...
Oct 25, 2016
Gary Condit to discuss Chandra Levy case on 'Dr. Phil'
LOS ANGELES - Former congressman Gary Condit is set to discuss the 2001 disappearance and death of Washington intern Chandra Levy on the “Dr. Phil” show. Levy vanished 15 years ago, and he...
Oct 25, 2016
Prince Albert II visits new purchase: mom Grace Kelly's home
PHILADELPHIA - Prince Albert II of Monaco was in Philadelphia on Tuesday inspecting a house he recently purchased: the home where his mother, Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly, grew up and accepted a ...
Oct 25, 2016
Beaten to death: Saskatchewan community upset after beaver killed with chair
WOLSELEY, Sask. - Some people in a small Saskatchewan community say they are disgusted and disappointed after a beaver was beaten to death with a chair. Residents say surveillance video from a bakery ...
Oct 25, 2016
Fan dies after falling while leaving Broncos football game
DENVER - Authorities say a fan has died after falling 60 feet at the Denver Broncos’ stadium after a game on Monday night. Stadium Management Co., which operates Sports Authority Field at Mile H...
Oct 25, 2016