Category Archives: Canadian Press
First-degree murder charge stayed in Edmonton after lengthy delay for trial
EDMONTON - A judge has stayed a first-degree murder charge after it took the case more than five years to get to trial in Edmonton. A jury trial was to begin next week for 29-year-old Lance Matthew Re...
Oct 11, 2016
'Disoriented' dolphins beach themselves, die, during Newfoundland storm
LEWISPORTE, N.L. - Seven dolphins were found dead Tuesday in a small Newfoundland fishing village, after beaching themselves during rough weather. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said the white...
Oct 11, 2016
Andersen out to solidify Toronto crease that's shuffled through hopeful No. 1's
TORONTO - There were three sticks in the hand of Maple Leafs assistant equipment manager Bobby Hastings, and Frederik Andersen had to choose which two would travel with him to Ottawa. The 27-year-old ...
Oct 11, 2016
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, PM's wife, launches Facebook, Instagram accounts
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau used his Instagram account to promote a different sort of gender equality Tuesday: spouse Sophie finally getting with the social media program. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau used the...
Oct 11, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Oct. 11 STORM WREAKS HAVOC IN ATLANTIC CANADA: Cleanup efforts were underway Tuesday in the wake of a Hurricane Matthew-related storm that brought torrential...
Oct 11, 2016
Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth hasn't used Indians name in over 25 years
TORONTO - Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth won’t be using the word “Indians” when he calls the American League Championship Series between Toronto and Cleveland, and he says he ha...
Oct 11, 2016
Police in Kansas town use Facebook in hunt for owner of meth
CHERRYVALE, Kan. - Police in the tiny town of Cherryvale, Kansas, looking to track down the owner of an abandoned gram of crystal meth have taken their case to social media. A bag with methamphetamine...
Oct 11, 2016
Leaked draft statement aimed at Canada-EU free trade critics: sources
OTTAWA - A joint statement on the free trade deal between Canada and the European Union is aimed at mollifying its opponents, sources say - including restive Walloons in Belgium who are threatening to...
Oct 11, 2016
Environmental groups lose legal challenge to Ontario's endangered species rules
TORONTO - Ontario’s highest court has dismissed a challenge to the province’s endangered species regulations, a decision environmental groups say will leave many species without legal prot...
Oct 11, 2016
Unifor shifts sights to Ford after reaching tentative deal with Fiat Chrysler
TORONTO - As the union representing auto workers turns its attention to its final target, Unifor president Jerry Dias says that securing investment for Ford’s engine plant in Windsor, Ont., is h...
Oct 11, 2016