Category Archives: Canadian Press
Calgary Stampede's bull and bronc riders say eight seconds is enough
CALGARY - Eight seconds is synonymous with rodeo, even if its origins are hazy. That time interval is unique to rodeo in sport. But how was it determined that someone should ride a bucking bull or bro...
Jul 05, 2018
Crown to oppose release of man accused of aggravated sexual assault
HALIFAX - The Crown says it will oppose the release of a man charged with aggravated sexual assault and choking to overcome resistance after a woman said she was attacked in a home in Halifax. Sem Pau...
Jul 05, 2018
Claude Lanzmann, director of 'Shoah,' dies at age 92
PARIS - French director Claude Lanzmann, whose 9 1/2-hour masterpiece “Shoah” bore unflinching witness to the Holocaust through the testimonies of Jewish victims, German executioners and P...
Jul 05, 2018
Salvadoran asylum seeker mounts legal challenge of Safe Third Country agreement
OTTAWA - A Salvadoran woman and her two daughters who fled their home country after allegedly suffering extortion and rape at the hands of members of the notorious MS-13 gang are among several parties...
Jul 05, 2018
In the news today, July 5
Eight stories in the news for Thursday, July 5 --- PROBE NEEDED INTO SAUDI USE OF CANADIAN ARMS, GROUPS SAY Some of Canada’s most prominent human rights and arms-control groups are demanding the...
Jul 05, 2018
'Something's calling me:' Canadian cowboy planning final ride home
CALGARY - Six years after it all began, Filipe Masetti Leite is still in the saddle and planning a new adventure. Leite, 31, who immigrated to Canada from Brazil when he was a teenager, began his orig...
Jul 05, 2018
Ex-Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso gets four-year prison term
LAVAL, Que. - Former Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso received a four-year prison term on Thursday following his conviction on fraud and corruption charges. A jury recently found Accurso guilty ...
Jul 05, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League L.A. Angels 7 Seattle 4 Houston 5 Texas 4 (10 innings) Cleveland 3 Kansas City 2 National League Colorado 1, San Francisco 0 L.A. Dodgers 6 Pittsburgh 4 St....
Jul 05, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League L.A. Angels 7 Seattle 4 Houston 5 Texas 4 (10 innings) Cleveland 3 Kansas City 2 National League Colorado 1, San Francisco 0 L.A. Dodgers 6 Pittsburgh 4 St....
Jul 05, 2018
Watch your step! Falls sending more Canadians to hospital, report shows
TORONTO - A raised bit of concrete on a sidewalk. An icy patch on the road. A misstep on the stairs at home. All of these can lead to accidental falls - landing a person not only on the ground, but of...
Jul 04, 2018