Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian cross-country skier Harvey reaches milestone with sprint bronze
LILLEHAMMER, Norway - Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey earned the 30th World Cup medal of his career after finishing third in Friday’s 1.6-kilometre sprint. Italy’s Federico Pelleg...
Nov 30, 2018
Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and bri...
Nov 30, 2018
Mueller considers new charges for ex-Trump campaign chairman
WASHINGTON - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort may face additional charges after lawyers in the special counsel’s Russia investigation said he lied to them and broke his plea agreemen...
Nov 30, 2018
DC clerk stalls marriage over 'foreign' New Mexico ID card
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A District of Columbia clerk and a supervisor refused to accept a New Mexico man’s state driver’s license as he sought a marriage license because she and her supervisor ...
Nov 30, 2018
Commons to provide translation for MPs speaking Indigenous languages
OTTAWA - When Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette gave a speech last year entirely in Cree, hardly any of his fellow parliamentarians in the House of Commons understood a word he said. That’s bec...
Nov 30, 2018
Officer had to order other cops away from Oland crime scene, trial hears
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The battered body of multi-millionaire Richard Oland attracted unwanted attention from several Saint John police officers who visited the scene just to get a look, the Dennis Oland ...
Nov 30, 2018
Alberta takes steps to ban mandatory high heels in the workplace
EDMONTON - Alberta has taken steps to ban employers from requiring people to wear high heels at work. Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is amending the occupational health and safety co...
Nov 30, 2018
Aaron Hernandez emotional, yet hopeful, after arrest
BOSTON - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez expected to be released from jail and resume his football career shortly after his arrest on a murder charge, according to newly released ja...
Nov 30, 2018
Canadian Joe Fletcher voted Major League Soccer assistant referee of the year
TORONTO - Canadian Joe Fletcher has been named MLS assistant referee of the year. The 42-year-old chartered accountant from St. Catharines, Ont., by way of Niagara Falls, won 40.34 per cent of the vot...
Nov 30, 2018
Canada looks to leave FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with bronze medal
Rhian Wilkinson knows all about the pain of missing out on a gold-medal game. She also understands what it takes to bounce back and step onto the podium. Wilkinson, who won 181 caps for Canada, captur...
Nov 30, 2018