Category Archives: Canadian Press
Saskatoon girl sells lemonade to raise money to help people with cystic fibrosis
SASKATOON - A Saskatoon girl has turned her lemonade stand into a non-profit business to raise money to help people with cystic fibrosis. Cassidy Evans, who is 10, set up her first lemonade stand outs...
Aug 14, 2018
'Southern Charm' star to quit show amid rape allegations
CHARLESTON, S.C. - An original cast member on the Bravo reality TV show “Southern Charm” has announced he’s quitting amid rape allegations. News outlets report Thomas Ravenel tweeted...
Aug 14, 2018

Actor Liev Schreiber denies hitting photographer
NYACK, N.Y. - Actor Liev Schreiber on Tuesday denied allegations that he attacked a local photographer while he was in suburban New York filming the popular Showtime series “Ray Donovan.” ...
Aug 14, 2018
Tennis Canada announces new western training facility in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Tennis Canada will build a new training facility in Burnaby, B.C., the sports national governing body announced on Tuesday. The Western Canada Training Centre will be located within th...
Aug 14, 2018

Toronto police warn of dangerous narcotics after 7 fatal overdoses since Aug. 2
Toronto police are warning about a batch of dangerous narcotics being sold downtown after seven overdose deaths in the city since Aug. 2. Police say they believe the drugs responsible are a deadly bat...
Aug 14, 2018

Onetime teen mom, now a teacher, wins US House primary
HARTFORD, Conn. - A onetime teen mother who became a celebrated teacher defeated a veteran politician Tuesday in the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Elizabeth Esty, who...
Aug 14, 2018

Vermont nominates 1st US transgender candidate for governor
MONTPELIER, Vt. - A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican i...
Aug 14, 2018
Vermont Rep. Peter Welch wins Democratic nod, faces Paige
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Peter Welch, Vermont’s lone representative in the U.S. House, on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination to seek re-election in November, when he’ll face perennial candidat...
Aug 14, 2018
In upset, Stefanowski wins GOP nod for Connecticut governor
HARTFORD, Conn. - Bob Stefanowski, a former GE executive who pitched himself to voters as Bob the Rebuilder, won Tuesday’s Republican primary for Connecticut governor in an upset and will face a...
Aug 14, 2018

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders wins Vermont Democratic nod
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won Vermont’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday but was expected to turn down the nomination, as he did in his previous campaigns, and s...
Aug 14, 2018