Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's extradition act on display with world watching Meng case: experts
OTTAWA - Canada’s cumbersome extradition system means Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou could wait years before her case is resolved even if she will inevitably be committed to stand trial...
Dec 13, 2018
Half of iconic Bert & I duo dies 60 years after recording
PORTLAND, Maine - Bob Bryan, one half of the comedy duo Bert and I, which had fun at the expense of Maine Yankees and popularized the immortal punchline, “You can’t get there from here,...
Dec 13, 2018
Blue Jays select teen right-hander Luciano from Royals in Rule 5 draft
LAS VEGAS - The Toronto Blue Jays picked up right-handed pitcher Elvis Luciano from the Kansas City Royals on Thursday in the Rule 5 draft while losing Canadian right-hander Jordan Romano in the selec...
Dec 13, 2018
Sex-assault squad investigated eight St. Mike's incidents, police say
TORONTO - The Toronto police’s sexual crimes unit has to date investigated eight incidents at a private Roman Catholic all-boys school rocked by student-on-student abuse allegations, the force s...
Dec 13, 2018
Saint John deputy mayor calls for ban on bad news, wants more positivity
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The deputy mayor of Saint John is calling for a four-month ban on negative news about New Brunswick’s port city. Shirley McAlary said the city of about 67,000 people has a gre...
Dec 13, 2018
2018's top movie moments, from 'Shallow' to 'The Shining'
LOS ANGELES - A film doesn’t have to be great to have a great moment. They’re not mutually exclusive of course, but a great movie moment is something more ephemeral - a few minutes of pure...
Dec 13, 2018
Indigenous poet faces backlash for calling out NHL-themed totem poles
Halifax’s former poet laureate says she has received unprecedented online backlash for asking a drugstore chain to remove NHL merchandise that appropriates West Coast Indigenous culture. Rebecca...
Dec 13, 2018
Several potential leads not pursued after Oland murder, investigator admits
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Several potential leads that were not pursued by police investigating Richard Oland’s murder have been raised by the defence at Dennis Oland’s second-degree murder trial...
Dec 13, 2018
System failed Manitoba girl returned to parent without support, checks: advocate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s advocate for children and youth says a girl who suffered repeated sexual abuse and died of a drug overdose was failed over and over again by the province’s child welf...
Dec 13, 2018
Serial killer pleads guilty in Texas woman's 1994 death
DALLAS - A 78-year-old prisoner who says he killed about 90 people over nearly four decades as he moved around the country pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in the 1994 strangulation of a Texas woman....
Dec 13, 2018