Category Archives: Canadian Press
Foundation of injured Olympian sues over 'Love Your Brain'
MONTPELIER, Vt. - A non-profit organization set up by injured professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce to support people who have suffered brain injuries is suing a Los Angeles-based group over the right...
Sep 08, 2016
Security guard testifies Nanaimo, B.C., mill shooter 'like a God-damned zombie'
NANAIMO, B.C. - A veteran security guard testified he watched a zombie-like man walking towards another man in the parking lot of a Vancouver Island sawmill with his right arm outstretched before hear...
Sep 08, 2016

Lavrov meets with UN special envoy on Syria in Geneva
GENEVA - Russia’s foreign minister has arrived in Geneva and briefly met with the U.N. special envoy on Syria. Sergey Lavrov held about a one-hour meeting with U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura at a...
Sep 08, 2016
Thursday's Games
Friday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Exhibition At Columbus, Ohio United States 4 Canada 2 — CFL B-C 38 Montreal 27 — MLB American Boston 13 Toronto 3 N.Y. Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 5 Detroi...
Sep 08, 2016
Ferguson brings a source of calm developed over six Paralympic appearances
RIO DE JANEIRO - Tracey Ferguson sat near the end of Canada’s bench Thursday morning, the picture of serenity in a frenzied gym full of shouting players and squealing schoolchildren. Canada̵...
Sep 08, 2016
Warship design requests slightly delayed, coming out next month:defence official
HALIFAX - A senior official with the Canadian Forces says there’s been a slight delay in issuing a complex request to industry for an off-the-shelf design of the country’s next generation ...
Sep 08, 2016
Marines: Recruit killed himself amid culture of abuse
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers a...
Sep 08, 2016

Quebec man seeks federal reprieve as deportation looms 20 years after conviction
MONTREAL - A Quebec man is facing deportation to his native Italy nearly two decades after a Mafia-linked drug conviction that is being cited as the reason for his possible expulsion. Michele Torre, 6...
Sep 08, 2016

Man accused of sending Winnipeg letter bombs still securing new lawyer
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man accused of sending letter bombs in the mail, including one that cost a lawyer her hand, is still trying to get a new defence lawyer. Guido Amsel, who faces five counts of att...
Sep 08, 2016

California extends most ambitious climate change law in US
LOS ANGELES - A decade ago, California vowed to dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. With the nation’s most populous state on pace to meet that target, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursd...
Sep 08, 2016