Category Archives: Canadian Press

Rapper Post Malone's jet blows 2 tires but then lands safely
NEWBURGH, N.Y. - A private jet carrying rapper Post Malone blew two tires during takeoff at a small New Jersey airport on Tuesday but made a safe emergency landing hours later in upstate New York, pro...
Aug 21, 2018

Feds agree to look at easing jury secrecy provision as part of justice review
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she will look at possible changes to a law forbidding jurors from talking about closed-door deliberations - a secrecy provision that prevents stress...
Aug 21, 2018
Fish heads dumped near Alaska school attracts bear, police
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police are looking for a man who dumped fish heads in woods near an elementary school. The perpetrator won’t have to clean up. A grizzly bear took care of that. The...
Aug 21, 2018

B.C. Appeal Court orders new trial for polygamous leader in child bride case
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for the former leader of a religious sect who was acquitted of taking a 15-year-old girl across the U.S. border for a sexual pu...
Aug 21, 2018
Quebecer died from mixture of high-alcohol drink and cold medication: coroner
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says a man’s death last December was caused by a combination of cold medication and four cans of a sugary high-alcohol drink. Pierre Parent, 30, drank two cans of Fou...
Aug 21, 2018
Massachusetts zoo on the lookout for stork that flew away
STONEHAM, Mass. - Maybe she just had a few babies to deliver. A Boston-area zoo is looking for a female stork that flew away last week and has evaded experts since. The Stone Zoo in Stoneham posted on...
Aug 21, 2018

Montrealer taken on starlight tour by police settles for $25,000
MONTREAL - A man who was taken on a so-called starlight tour by two Montreal police officers in May 2012 has settled with the city for $25,000, but expressed disappointment the city dismissed his prop...
Aug 21, 2018

Small firms thrive as customers seek more unique clothing
LONDON - Claudio Belotti knows he cut the denim that became the jeans Meghan Markle wore on one of her first outings as the fiancee of Britain’s Prince Harry. That’s because he cuts all of...
Aug 21, 2018
Ontario will move ahead with council cut despite court challenge
TORONTO - The Ontario government is standing by its controversial decision to cut the size of Toronto’s council despite a looming legal challenge from the city, saying it will be implementing th...
Aug 21, 2018

Loyola celebrity nun Sister Jean celebrating 99th birthday
CHICAGO - Sister Jean is celebrating her 99th birthday months after gaining national attention as chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four. The university held a...
Aug 21, 2018