Category Archives: Canadian Press
Indigenous Peoples need help with dementia, Algonquin elder urges conference
OTTAWA - An Algonquin elder described Monday how shocked she was to learn - almost by accident - that a routine nursing-home visit with her ailing father would be their last. Annie Smith St-Georges to...
May 14, 2018
Law professor takes up appeal for ex-NFL player's killer
GRETNA, La. - A law professor is taking up the appeal of the man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 road-rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight. Loyola University’s Dane ...
May 14, 2018
Canadian military officer named to key role with UN in Korea
OTTAWA - Canada is stepping up its military involvement on the Korean Peninsula by sending a senior officer to take over as deputy commander of UN forces there, the first time the post has been held b...
May 14, 2018
Missing eight-year-old Ontario boy found safe, Amber Alert cancelled
GORHAM TOWNSHIP, Ont. - A child who was the subject of an Amber Alert in northern Ontario was found 30 kilometres from where he went missing on Monday as police continued to search for his mother. Ont...
May 14, 2018
Shaw Top Performers Wilder Jr., Reilly and Banks pick respective charities
TORONTO - CFL stars James Wilder Jr., Mike Reilly and Brandon Banks are all fathers, so they know the value of a stable environment for children. The trio earmarked separate children’s charities...
May 14, 2018
OECD says countries need to defend multilateralism despite threats
MONTREAL - Multilateralism is under threat amid trade tensions, rising protectionism and the changes associated with the transformation to a global digital economy, the head of the Organization for Ec...
May 14, 2018
Lincoln museum to sell Marilyn dress, photos to repay loan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The foundation that supports the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is selling a black dress once owned by movie star Marilyn Monroe to raise funds to repay a loan use...
May 14, 2018
High school athlete dies after 'freak accident' during rugby game
MONTAGUE, P.E.I. - A high school has withdrawn from P.E.I. schools’ rugby league for the season following the death of a student athlete who sustained brain injuries on the field. Montague Regio...
May 14, 2018
Man accused in military centre stabbing acquitted of terror charges, not criminally responsible for actions
TORONTO - A man with schizophrenia who attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto was acquitted of terror charges and found not criminally responsible for lesser offences on Monday ...
May 14, 2018
Markle to spend wedding eve at hotel tied to Profumo scandal
LONDON - Meghan Markle will spend the night before her wedding to Prince Harry at a country hotel famed for its role in a 1960s scandal that shook Britain’s political and social elite. Kensingto...
May 14, 2018