Category Archives: Canadian Press

Harris, Bighill, Rainey named top performers for Week 9 of CFL season
TORONTO - Ottawa quarterback Trevor Harris, Winnipeg linebacker Adam Bighill and B.C. running back Chris Rainey are the CFL top performers for Week 9. Harris threw for a career-best 487 yards and a to...
Aug 14, 2018

Canadian train travellers narrowly avoid deadly Italian bridge collapse
TORONTO - A pair of Canadian student travellers bemoaning what appeared to be a routine delay aboard their train through Italy instead learned they were just minutes from a disastrous bridge collapse ...
Aug 14, 2018
Indiana police say bomb threat halted Rascal Flatts concert
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. - Authorities say a bomb threat is what prompted country group Rascal Flatts to abruptly end a concert in Indiana last week. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department says the b...
Aug 14, 2018
Police: Boy, 2, dies after fall from 24th-floor balcony
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - A toddler has died after falling from a 24th-floor balcony at the same northern Virginia apartment complex where a 3-year-old fell from an open window and died months ago. Fairfax ...
Aug 14, 2018

Three Canadian cities among top 10 most liveable globally in EIU ranking
TORONTO - Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto have ranked among the top ten most liveable cities in the world in the latest ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Vienna took the top spot in the annu...
Aug 14, 2018

Judge cites casting couch's history, OKs Weinstein suit
NEW YORK - A New York judge has ruled that an aspiring actress can sue Harvey Weinstein for violating sex trafficking laws because the proverbial casting couch, in which women are asked to trade sex f...
Aug 14, 2018

Top NCAA basketball teams have fond memories of trips to Canada
The Duke Blue Devils aren’t the first prominent NCAA basketball team to come play in Canada. A rule allowing NCAA teams to make one out-of-country trip every four years, which comes along with 1...
Aug 14, 2018
City Council moves to preserve famed Seattle music venue
SEATTLE - An iconic Seattle music venue that could’ve been slated for destruction has been given a temporary reprieve The City Council voted 8-0 Monday to include the Showbox in the Pike Place M...
Aug 14, 2018

Chile authorities raid Episcopal Conference in abuse probe
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean authorities raided the headquarters of the Catholic Church’s Episcopal Conference on Tuesday as part of a widespread investigation into sex abuse committed by members o...
Aug 14, 2018
German tourist shot and wounded in Alberta heading home for specialized care
CALGARY - A German tourist who can’t talk or move his right side after he was shot in the head while driving in southern Alberta earlier this month is heading home. The German consulate says the...
Aug 14, 2018