Category Archives: Canadian Press
Above and beyond: Winnipeg transit driver stops to carry groceries for senior
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg transit driver who stopped during the afternoon rush hour to help a senior with her groceries is receiving kudos from hundreds of people on social media. A passenger on the Route...
Oct 26, 2016
Ontario man accused in cyber sex abuse case ordered extradited, plans appeal
TORONTO - An Ontario medical student alleged to have forced two American teenage sisters to engage in sexual acts while he watched via Skype has been ordered extradited to the United States. A lawyer ...
Oct 26, 2016
11 new charges laid in alleged break-ins and sex assaults at Universite Laval
QUEBEC - One of the accused in a series of alleged break-ins and sexual assaults at a Quebec university student residence is now facing 12 charges. Thierno-Ourny Barry, 19, first appeared in court Sat...
Oct 26, 2016
Shooting at Ohio home kills girl; 2 adults, suspect wounded
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police say a shooting at a home in Ohio’s capital left a 2-year-old girl dead and three other people hurt, including a suspect. Columbus police say the toddler died at a hospita...
Oct 26, 2016
Artist mows giant Trump portrait in Italian cornfield
MILAN - An Italian land artist has used his tractor to transform a field near the Italian city of Verona into a giant portrait of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Artist Dario Gamb...
Oct 26, 2016

Stamkos finds peace again in Tampa following noisy free agent season
A cloud hovered over Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning every day last season. The cloud was really a question mark that nobody could escape: would Stamkos, then a pending unrestricted free ag...
Oct 26, 2016
UN refugee agency: 2016 now deadliest year in Mediterranean
BERLIN - The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that at least 3,800 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year in an attempt to reach Europe,, making 2016 the deadliest year on recor...
Oct 26, 2016

Trump praises Gingrich for criticism of Kelly
NEW YORK - Donald Trump praised Newt Gingrich Wednesday for an “amazing interview” with Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly, in which the former speaker told Kelly that she is “fascina...
Oct 26, 2016

Olympic gold medallist goalie Labonte planning after-career as a chef
MONTREAL - Charline Labonte may soon be trading in her goaltending equipment for an apron and a chef’s hat. While the four-time gold medallist with Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey te...
Oct 26, 2016

'Go home,' indigenous leader tells protesters after Muskrat Falls meeting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Indigenous leaders and the Newfoundland and Labrador government are telling protesters at the site of the Muskrat Falls hydro project they can “go home.” The leade...
Oct 26, 2016