Category Archives: Canadian Press

Cosby's Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized with graffiti
LOS ANGELES - Bill Cosby’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized by someone who scrawled the words “serial rapist” with a marker pen. Los Angeles police found the marred ...
Sep 05, 2018
Ottawa to stay in USL next season rather than switch to Canadian Premier League
Ottawa Fury FC, which many had expected to make a move to the new Canadian Premier League next year, has opted to remain in the United Soccer League next season. “We’re happy with the USL....
Sep 05, 2018

Major New Brunswick parties fall short on gender parity for candidates
FREDERICTON - A record number of women are running in the New Brunswick provincial election - but the numbers are still well shy of 50 per cent, especially with the front-running parties. Ninety-three...
Sep 05, 2018
Man arrested in U.S. in connection with Windsor homicide to be brought to Canada
A man arrested in the U.S. after being accused of raping and killing a Windsor, Ont., woman will soon be brought to Canada to face charges in her death. Court documents show Jitesh Bhogal, 27, did not...
Sep 05, 2018

Former Roughriders defensive back Justin Cox pleads guilty to assault
REGINA - A former player with the CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders has pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm. A trial for Justin Cox was to begin this morning, but he instead entered the guilty pl...
Sep 05, 2018

Homicide detectives in B.C. seek witnesses in slaying of Belgian traveller
SURREY, B.C. - A 28-year-old Belgian woman has been identified as the person found dead in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon last month. Detectives with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team...
Sep 05, 2018

Warner Bros. and HBO adopt company-wide inclusion policy
LOS ANGELES - Six months after Frances McDormand introduced the world to the concept of an inclusion rider in her Oscars speech, Warner Bros. and its sister companies are announcing a company-wide com...
Sep 05, 2018
Paraguay moves Israel embassy back out of Jerusalem
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay announced Wednesday it would immediately move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem and back to Tel Aviv, less than four months after opening the new mission. The move p...
Sep 05, 2018
Canada remains unbeaten after knocking off New Zealand at World Cup
SURGUT, Russia - Canada is 2-0 at the FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup after an 11-4 win over New Zealand on Wednesday. Emma Wright of Lindsay, Ont., and Elyse Lemay-Lavoie of Montreal led the ...
Sep 05, 2018

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon to defend populism at Toronto event
TORONTO - Steve Bannon, the controversial former strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump, is set to defend the issue of populism in a debate with conservative commentator David Frum in Toronto this...
Sep 05, 2018