Category Archives: Canadian Press
Russia investigates claims of banned athletes racing
MOSCOW - Russian anti-doping authorities have opened an investigation after two banned athletes were apparently allowed to compete in the country’s biggest marathon. Tamara Shchemerova was liste...
Oct 05, 2016
Heavyweight champ cites depression and cocaine, alcohol use
LONDON - Troubled heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he has been bingeing on cocaine and alcohol to deal with manic depression. The British boxer has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitsch...
Oct 05, 2016
NSA contractor arrest highlights challenge of insider threat
WASHINGTON - The arrest of a former National Security Agency contractor for allegedly stealing classified information represents the second known case since 2013 of a government contractor being publi...
Oct 05, 2016
Lawyer to file complaint in German probe over Erdogan poem
BERLIN - A lawyer for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he will challenge a decision by German prosecutors to drop an investigation of a TV comic who wrote a crude poem about the p...
Oct 05, 2016
Some Quebec taxi drivers hold strike to protest government's deal with Uber
MONTREAL - Many taxi drivers in several Quebec cities went on strike Wednesday to protest the provincial government’s deal with Uber. The cabbies were asking to meet with Premier Philippe Couill...
Oct 05, 2016
Japan denies being 'black hole' for children abducted by estranged parent
TORONTO - The Japanese government insists it has been complying with international child-abduction rules despite criticism to the contrary from Canadian parents who have been unable to gain access to ...
Oct 05, 2016
Soggy keyboards could be repurposed as art, garden ornaments in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - Five decorated upright pianos are available for free in Kelowna, B.C., but don’t expect to tickle their ivories. The pianos are among several set in outdoor spaces across the cit...
Oct 05, 2016
N.S. intimate-image case a cautionary tale for young people, prosecutor says
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The high-profile trial of six Nova Scotia teens charged with sharing intimate images of at least 20 high school girls should serve as a cautionary tale for other young people, a pr...
Oct 05, 2016
UN Security Council formally nominates Guterres
Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was formally nominated on Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces “huge challenges” and hopes to see unit...
Oct 05, 2016
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign national linebacker Henoc Muamba to CFL deal
REGINA - Henoc Muamba is back in the CFL. The six-foot, 230-pound linebacker signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Wednesday. Muamba, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who grew up...
Oct 05, 2016