Category Archives: Canadian Press

In the news today, July 25
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, July 25 --- VIGIL TO BE HELD FOR DANFORTH VICTIMS Residents of Toronto’s Greek town will attend another vigil tonight to mourn two people who were killed a...
Jul 25, 2018

Judge jails Knowledge House officials after blockbuster N.S. stock fraud
HALIFAX - Two of Nova Scotia’s most notorious white-collar criminals were sentenced to prison Wednesday after the longest criminal trial in the province’s history, a complex fraud and cons...
Jul 25, 2018

Vancouver Park Board formally acknowledges colonial role, votes to apologize
VANCOUVER - The name of Vancouver’s Stanley Park may be up for debate as the city’s park board confronts its colonial past and pursues reconciliation. The park board approved a “colo...
Jul 25, 2018

Getting psychiatric care for loved one can be challenging for families
TORONTO - The parents of Faisal Hussain, whose shooting spree Sunday in Toronto’s Greektown left two people dead and 13 injured, say their son had struggled all his life with psychosis and depre...
Jul 25, 2018

Neighbours struggle to share news of 10-year-old girl's death with their kids
Parents on a suburban Toronto street agonized Wednesday over how to tell their children that one of their regular playmates had been killed in the Greektown shooting spree. Ten-year-old Julianna Kozis...
Jul 25, 2018
Crowdfunding campaign in Winnipeg launched to buy new sleigh for Santa parade
WINNIPEG - Santa needs a new sleigh for his annual parade in Winnipeg, and organizers hope crowdsourcing can raise $100,000 to replace the rickety one that’s been in service for at least 60 year...
Jul 25, 2018

IS fighters ambush city, villages in southern Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic State fighters ambushed a city and several villages in southern Syria on Wednesday, triggering ferocious clashes between residents and the militants that provincial health of...
Jul 25, 2018
Georgia lawmaker who shouted racial slur on TV to resign
ATLANTA - A Georgia lawmaker will resign after exposing himself and yelling racial slurs on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen’s cable TV show, a spokesman for House Speaker David Ralston said. Rep. ...
Jul 25, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) MLB American League Baltimore 7, Boston 6 Minnesota 5, Toronto 0 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 0 Oakland 13, Texas 10, 10 innings Kansas City 5, Detroit 4 Chicago...
Jul 24, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) MLB American League Baltimore 7, Boston 6 Minnesota 5, Toronto 0 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 0 Oakland 13, Texas 10, 10 innings Kansas City 5, Detroit 4 Chicago...
Jul 24, 2018