Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ontario coroner's report highlights need for changes to child welfare system
TORONTO - Ontario’s child welfare system is letting youth down by ignoring their cultural and emotional needs and failing to allow them a direct say in their own care, the province’s chief...
Sep 25, 2018
'Making a Murderer' sequel set to premiere Oct. 19
MADISON, Wis. - A sequel to the popular “Making a Murderer” documentary series is set to premiere Oct. 19 on Netflix. The first “Making a Murderer” recounted the story of Steve...
Sep 25, 2018

Argentina's central bank chief resigns amid IMF negotiations
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina’s central bank chief resigned Tuesday amid negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. The surprise resignation of Luis Caputo was announced in a bank ...
Sep 25, 2018
Ballpark worker charged after video shows spitting on pizza
DETROIT - A 20-year-old food service worker at Comerica Park in Detroit has been charged after a video was posted online that appeared to show him spitting on a pizza intended for customers during a M...
Sep 25, 2018
Canada names 71-athlete team for Youth Olympic Games in Argentina
TORONTO - Canada will send 71 athletes and 28 coaches to the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina next month. The event, for athletes aged 15-18, features 241 medal events across 32 spo...
Sep 25, 2018

Trump: Venezuelan socialist president easily toppled
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro could be easily toppled by a military coup and the U.S stepped up financial pressure by sl...
Sep 25, 2018

Calgary mayor seeks person who leaked details of closed-door Olympic meeting
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says he will ask the city’s integrity commissioner to investigate a leak of details from a closed-door council meeting on costs connected to the potential hosting of ...
Sep 25, 2018

Trudeau embarks on New York charm offensive as United Nations fixates on Trump
NEW YORK - Canada embarked on a high-level Big Apple charm offensive of sorts Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump barrelled into the UN General Assembly with his trademark bombast and braggadocio, ...
Sep 25, 2018

Singer Gary Numan's tour bus involved in fatal crash
CLEVELAND - Police say a tour bus carrying British singer Gary Numan struck and killed a 91-year-old man in Cleveland. Authorities say Numan’s tour bus was making a right turn when it struck the...
Sep 25, 2018
Lawyer: Mental illness led to Fyre Festival promoter's crime
NEW YORK - A lawyer says mental illness caused the promoter of a failed music festival to rip off investors and commit other crimes. Attorney Randall Jackson urged a Manhattan judge Friday to be lenie...
Sep 25, 2018