Category Archives: Canadian Press

Lawyer says California police acted reasonably in killing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An attorney representing two Sacramento, California, police officers said Tuesday that they faced a “terrifying situation” with a mentally disturbed man on drugs and a...
Oct 04, 2016
Airlines begin to offer travel waivers for Hurricane Matthew
Airlines are cancelling some flights to the Caribbean and even the mainland U.S. as Hurricane Matthew is expected to spin toward Florida later this week. By late Tuesday, American Airlines had cancell...
Oct 04, 2016
Arrests in Thailand-US sex trafficking ring
MINNEAPOLIS - About a dozen people were arrested in cities across the U.S. on Tuesday for running what authorities called a sophisticated sex trafficking operation in which hundreds of women were brou...
Oct 04, 2016

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver hopes to discuss child health issues with Trudeau
TORONTO - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver says he’s hoping to meet with Justin Trudeau later this week to discuss the prime minister’s plan to combat childhood obesity and promote healthy eati...
Oct 04, 2016
McCallum grilled over law allowing citizenship to be revoked with no hearing
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister John McCallum wants the Senate to come to the aid of Canadians who are being stripped of their citizenship without a hearing. And, in the meantime, he says he’ll co...
Oct 04, 2016

'Mad Max' Bernier says Tory leadership ad is effective despite mockery from foes
OTTAWA - Maxime (Mad Max) Bernier says he doesn’t care if his rivals for the Conservative leadership rival make fun of his latest attempt at raising his profile. The Conservative MP from Quebec ...
Oct 04, 2016
Flames centre Monahan rebounds from back strain that kept him out of World Cup
Calgary Flames top centre Sean Monahan is rounding back into form after a back strain sidelined him from the World Cup of Hockey. The 21-year-old from Brampton, Ont., participated in his first full-co...
Oct 04, 2016

FIFA VP Montagliani: English-speaking soccer officials pompous on ethics
LONDON - Corruption will never be eradicated from soccer and officials in the English-speaking world should try to be humble rather than pompous when they talk about ethics, a FIFA vice-president said...
Oct 04, 2016
Managers say wild-card game is a tough ask but have no complaints being here
TORONTO - For most of the year, baseball is the slow cooker of sports. It takes six months and 162 ingredients per team. The wild-card game throws that recipe out the window. It’s one day with e...
Oct 04, 2016
National security review must look beyond terrorism, expert tells MPs
OTTAWA - An intelligence expert says a federal review of national security shouldn’t be fixated solely on terrorism. Wesley Wark, who teaches at the University of Ottawa, says Canadians need to ...
Oct 04, 2016