Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man who fled to Pakistan after sexually assaulting woman sentenced in absentia
TORONTO - An Ontario man who fled to Pakistan after being found guilty of sexual assault was sentenced in absentia Monday, in what a Toronto judge called a “phenomenally rare procedure.” M...
Dec 19, 2016
Blackberry banks on business from auto makers producing self-driving cars
KANATA, Ont. - BlackBerry says it will spend about $100 million developing secure software, hoping to make itself indispensable for the burgeoning self-driving vehicle market. The company’s QNX ...
Dec 19, 2016
New York man gets 30 years in prison in X-ray weapon plot
ALBANY, N.Y. - A 52-year-old industrial mechanic who was the first person in the U.S. convicted of trying to produce a weapon of mass destruction under a 2004 law intended to stop terrorists from usin...
Dec 19, 2016
The Latest: 3 Hawaii electors for Clinton, 1 for Sanders
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the Electoral College meeting Monday to formally elect Donald Trump the nation’s 45th president (all times EST): 8 p.m. Hawaii’s Democratic electors have cast th...
Dec 19, 2016
Leafs' suffer injury hit at centre; Bozak, Smith both sidelined by injuries
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have taken a hit at centre. Tyler Bozak and Ben Smith are both be sidelined with injuries and will miss Toronto’s game Monday night against the Anaheim Ducks. F...
Dec 19, 2016
Turkey and Russia probe slaying of envoy in Ankara gallery
ANKARA, Turkey - Investigators from Turkey and Russia hunted for clues Tuesday in the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in Ankara...
Dec 19, 2016
Serbia to get Russian fighter jets to counter NATO threat
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia said Monday that it will purchase Russian combat jets in a move likely to add to tensions in the Balkans amid Moscow’s apparent efforts to prevent the volatile European...
Dec 19, 2016
Almost 1.1 million young people hit by cyberbullying, cyberstalking: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new report from Statistics Canada says almost one in every five young Canadians - about 1.1 million people - has been a victim of cyberbullying or cyberstalking. Within that group of 15 to ...
Dec 19, 2016
Blanket of wet snow cut off power, caused commuter woes across Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A blanket of heavy, wet snow cut off power to thousands in British Columbia and caused commuter chaos in Metro Vancouver on Monday. The snowfall caused trees or branches to come down over ...
Dec 19, 2016
NHL Takeaways: Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk makes case as NHL's best goalie
Minnesota head coach Bruce Boudreau said recently that Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk would outshine even Carey Price if he played in a market like Toronto. Boudreau has a point. There’s a case to...
Dec 19, 2016