Category Archives: Canadian Press
Treatment of witnesses after police shooting a sign of systemic racism: expert
WINNIPEG - The actions of police in the minutes that followed the fatal shooting of an indigenous man in a low-income neighbourhood point to systemic racism, an expert witness testified Wednesday. It&...
Dec 07, 2016
Vancouver Whitecaps cut ties with captain Pedro Morales after three seasons
VANCOUVER - One theme kept popping up when the Vancouver Whitecaps began the autopsy on a lost 2016 campaign in late October - leadership. “It’s easy to find your leaders when things are g...
Dec 07, 2016
A look at the five women in contention to grace the front of the next banknote
TORONTO - Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will announce Thursday which Canadian woman will be the first to grace the front of a banknote. Here’s a look at...
Dec 07, 2016
Calgary Stampeders lead all clubs with nine players named to CFL all-star team
TORONTO - The Western Division champion Calgary Stampeders led all CFL teams with nine players named to the league’s all-star team on Wednesday. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was the lone unanimo...
Dec 07, 2016
Longtime A's announcer Bill King wins Hall's Frick Award
OXON HILL, Md. - Former Oakland Athletics announcer Bill King has won the Ford C. Frick Award presented by the Hall of Fame for excellence in broadcasting. The award was announced Wednesday at the win...
Dec 07, 2016
Authorities: 1 officer killed, 1 wounded; shooter at large
AMERICUS, Ga. - A man fatally shot one Georgia police officer and wounded a second before fleeing an apartment complex near a college campus that went on lockdown as a precaution, authorities said. Th...
Dec 07, 2016
Trumps taps retired Marine general for homeland security
WASHINGTON - Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly carved out a reputation as a highly respected, but often outspoken commander who could roil debate with blunt assessments or unpopular directives on issues ...
Dec 07, 2016
Tom Jackson puts on impromptu concert for snowed-in travellers in Manitoba
VIRDEN, Man. - Travellers stranded by a blizzard in a Manitoba town got a treat on Tuesday night when singer Tom Jackson put on an impromptu concert in the storm shelter. A dump of snow and howling wi...
Dec 07, 2016
Award-winning scientist says compromise needed on climate debate
WINNIPEG - Canadians need to turn down the heat and start listening to each other when they discuss global warming, says the winner of a major scientific award for his work on Arctic ice and climate c...
Dec 07, 2016
AP reporter deported from South Sudan
JOHANNESBURG - Government agents ordered a journalist working for The Associated Press out of South Sudan on Tuesday, taking him to the airport in Juba and putting him aboard a flight to Uganda. Justi...
Dec 07, 2016