Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-Uber driver hiding in Quebec faces extradition to California on rape charge
MONTREAL - U.S. authorities are seeking to extradite a former Uber driver from San Francisco who was being investigated on rape charges before vanishing and then emerging in Montreal earlier this summ...
Aug 14, 2018

Times Up gives $750,000 for combatting sexual misconduct
WASHINGTON - A fund dedicated to aiding victims of sexual harassment and assault is giving $750,000 in grants to local organizations across the country. The Times Up Legal Defence Fund on Tuesday anno...
Aug 14, 2018
Trudeau to hold retreat with newly shuffled cabinet in Nanaimo, B.C.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hole up with his newly shuffled cabinet for three days next week in Nanaimo, B.C. The retreat, scheduled for Aug. 21-23, marks the first meeting of Trudeau&...
Aug 14, 2018
Stormy Daniels' lawyer appears in Houston immigration court
HOUSTON - The attorney taking on President Donald Trump over his alleged affair with an adult film actress went to immigration court Tuesday to try to secure the release of a 9-year-old boy from Guate...
Aug 14, 2018

2 Greek soldiers released from Turkish jail return to Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Two Greek soldiers freed after months in a Turkish prison returned to their home country by government jet early Wednesday after their unexpected release eased tensions between ...
Aug 14, 2018
Canada's Raonic, Shapovalov advance as Western and Southern Open
CINCINNATI - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov fended off a late charge by Britain’s Kyle Edmund for a 6-4, 7-5 win in the second round of the Western and Southern Open on Tuesday. Shapovalov now ...
Aug 14, 2018
Predators' Ryan Ellis signs 8-year, $50 million contract
Nashville Predators defenceman Ryan Ellis has signed an eight-year deal worth $50 million that keeps under contract through the 2026-27 season. The 27-year-old Ellis will earn $6.25 million annually s...
Aug 14, 2018

Man charged in Toronto subway homicide has case put over to December
TORONTO - A man accused of killing an elderly stranger by shoving him in front of a Toronto subway train had his case put over to December after a brief court hearing on Tuesday. John Reszetnik, 57, r...
Aug 14, 2018

Tug carrying up to 22,000 litres of fuel capsizes in Fraser River off Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The smell of diesel filled the air as crews worked to recover a capsized tugboat that may have spilled as much as 22,000 litres of the fuel in the Fraser River between Vancouver and Richmo...
Aug 14, 2018

Museum of London displays fatberg on 24-hour livestream
London’s famous, festering fatberg lives on - and is getting its own livestream . The Museum of London says a chunk of oil, fat, diapers and baby wipes blasted out of a sewer last year is now pa...
Aug 14, 2018