Category Archives: Canadian Press

Sean Young under investigation for alleged laptop theft
NEW YORK - Actress Sean Young was under investigation Monday in New York after the alleged theft of two laptops belonging to a production company that fired her from a new film she was directing. A Ne...
Aug 13, 2018
Ontario pauses opening three overdose-prevention sites as it conducts review
TORONTO - Ontario has paused plans to open three new temporary overdose-prevention sites as it conducts a review to determine if such facilities will continue to operate in the province. Health Minist...
Aug 13, 2018

Alleged extremist recruiter's lawyers push for info underpinning CSIS warrant
OTTAWA - Lawyers for Awso Peshdary, an accused extremist recruiter, are asking a judge to hear their pleas for access to information they say could help their client’s case. Defence counsel want...
Aug 13, 2018

Young West Coast orca in a tough slog to keep up with her pod: experts
VANCOUVER - A wildlife biologist says an ailing female killer whale off the West Coast of Washington state is “slogging along” with her pod, but is at times unable to keep up. A veterinari...
Aug 13, 2018

Trump's tweets on Trudeau 'childish and need to stop': Connecticut governor
STOWE, Vt. - The divisions between United States governors regarding President Donald Trump’s approach to NAFTA negotiations were on display Monday at a mountain resort in Vermont during the ann...
Aug 13, 2018

GoFundMe 'reviewing' Fredericton shooting fundraisers after police tweet
Online fundraising site GoFundMe says it is reviewing campaigns for victims of last week’s deadly shooting in Fredericton after the city’s police department said the families of two office...
Aug 13, 2018

Man charged with arson after fireworks set off at Regina protest camp
REGINA - A 25-year-old man faces an arson charge after fireworks were discharged towards a protest camp outside the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina. Police say officers were sent to Wascana Park ea...
Aug 13, 2018
Former WWE star Jim (The Anvil) Neidhart, member of hart Foundation, dies at 63
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Jim (The Anvil) Neidhart, who joined with brother-in-law Bret Hart to form one of the top tag teams in the 1980s with the WWE, has died. He was 63. The Pasco Sheriff’s Offi...
Aug 13, 2018
AP Source: Soul icon Aretha Franklin is seriously ill
NEW YORK - Fans and friends, including Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott, offered prayers and well wishes to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who is seriously ill. A person close to Franklin, who spoke on ...
Aug 13, 2018
State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused
WASHINGTON - A state review into the treatment of immigrant teens held at a Virginia detention centre confirmed the facility uses restraint techniques that can include strapping children to chairs and...
Aug 13, 2018