Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pole vaulter Shawn Barber tests positive for cocaine through kissing, report says
TORONTO - The 16-page report on Shawn Barber’s positive cocaine test reads in parts like an erotic short story. Sex, drugs and a hotel rendezvous, with Canada’s world champion pole vaulter...
Oct 06, 2016
B.C.'s Clark urged to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline for failing key condition
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is being challenged to reject Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal because it can never meet one of her five conditions t...
Oct 06, 2016
Exotic animal owners share deep bond with pets, despite critics' concerns
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Tank clambers onto Gord Perry’s shoulder, rests his black and white head in the crook of the man’s neck and stays still as his back is stroked. The lizard - an Argenti...
Oct 06, 2016
Pakistan's lawmakers toughen penalty for 'honour' killings
ISLAMABAD - Despite objections from religious hard-liners, lawmakers Thursday took the first significant move to curb mounting numbers of “honour” killings in Pakistan, stiffening the pena...
Oct 06, 2016
Pit bulls: Montreal considering appeal of court ruling
MONTREAL - Promising to never yield to threats or lobby groups, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says the city must consider an immediate appeal of a court ruling that suspended its ban on new pit bulls. ...
Oct 06, 2016
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign former Toronto Argos receiver Tori Gurley
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American receiver Tori Gurley on Thursday. The six-foot-four, 230-pound Gurley was released earlier this week by the Toronto Argonauts, along with fellow re...
Oct 06, 2016
Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, returns to Neverland
LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - Paris Jackson has returned to Neverland. The daughter of Michael Jackson posted pictures on Instagram from her late father’s famous estate Wednesday, writing “felt so ...
Oct 06, 2016
NY press group protests prosecutor barring journalists
ALBANY, N.Y. - An organization of New York newspapers and broadcasters has protested a prosecutor’s decision to exclude some journalists from a news conference following the acquittal of a forme...
Oct 06, 2016
Man wearing creepy clown mask arrested in southwestern Nova Scotia
CLARK’S HARBOUR, N.S. - Nova Scotia RCMP say a 24-year-old man wearing a clown mask has been arrested after witnesses reported that he grabbed at the clothing of a young boy. Cpl. Jennifer Clark...
Oct 06, 2016
Down the toilet: Farm stand turns outhouse into voting booth
ASHLAND, N.H. - A New Hampshire farm stand is letting customers put their votes for president where he thinks they belong: right in the toilet. Owens Truck Farm is home to an outhouse-turned-fake-voti...
Oct 06, 2016