Category Archives: Canadian Press

Man fatally shot in Saskatchewan was looking for help with flat tire: cousin
BIGGAR, Sask. - Racial tensions are flaring in Saskatchewan after the fatal shooting of a First Nations man who relatives say was just looking for help with a flat tire. Colten Boushie, 22, was killed...
Aug 12, 2016

Canadian women advance to Olympic soccer semifinals with win over France
SAO PAOLO, Brazil - The Canadian women’s soccer team is coming of age at the Rio Olympics. Now just one win from a medal, John Herdman’s squad is 4-0-0 in Brazil and has beaten three top-1...
Aug 12, 2016
Police expect death toll to rise in apartment explosion
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Additional bodies will likely be found in the debris of an apartment explosion and fire in Maryland that has already claimed three lives and injured more than 30 people, police sa...
Aug 12, 2016

Canada's Caldwell wins bronze in 200-metre backstroke at Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO - Hilary Caldwell has added to Canada’s medal haul in the pool at the Rio Olympics, taking the bronze medal in the women’s 200-metre backstroke. Caldwell finished in a time ...
Aug 12, 2016

Judge overturns conviction of nephew in 'Making a Murderer'
MADISON, Wis. - A judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer,” ...
Aug 12, 2016
Cousin: Family held private service for Prince
MINNEAPOLIS - A cousin of Prince says family members and close friends gathered in Minneapolis to say goodbye to the musician and remember his life. Prince died April 21 of an accidental drug overdose...
Aug 12, 2016
Internet mogul gets year in jail in domestic violence case
SAN FRANCISCO - A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced ...
Aug 12, 2016

Cleaning Victoria homeless camp could cost $350,000: housing minister
VICTORIA - Fences are up and debris is being hauled away from the now-vacant homeless camp outside Victoria’s courthouse, but British Columbia’s housing minister says the cleanup will be l...
Aug 12, 2016

Cleaning Victoria homeless camp could cost $350,000: housing minister
VICTORIA - Fences are up and debris is being hauled away from the now-vacant homeless camp outside Victoria’s courthouse, but British Columbia’s housing minister says the cleanup will be l...
Aug 12, 2016
Workers to be reassigned after Michigan power plant fire
EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A utility is reassigning workers from a power plant northeast of Detroit and can’t say when the facility they worked at will be reopened following a massive fire. DT...
Aug 12, 2016