Category Archives: Canadian Press
Flooding threatens US coasts well ahead of Hurricane Matthew
MIAMI - The major threat to the Southeast U.S. won’t be Hurricane Matthew’s pummeling winds, which newer buildings have been constructed to withstand. It will be water - the deadly storm s...
Oct 06, 2016
Jurors begins to deliberate in case against police officers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jurors began deliberating Thursday in a murder case against two former New Mexico police officers who prosecutors said killed a mentally ill homeless man as he tried to surrender a...
Oct 06, 2016
Osuna shoulder has Blue Jays add relief pitchers as insurance for ALDS
ARLINGTON, Texas - Looking for insurance in case closer Roberto Osuna’s sore shoulder doesn’t come around, the Toronto Blue Jays loaded up on relief pitchers for their American League Divi...
Oct 06, 2016
Operator of Nova Scotia to Maine ferry carried over 35,000 passengers
HALIFAX - The new operator of Nova Scotia’s taxpayer-funded ferry from Yarmouth, N.S., to Portland, Maine, says more than 35,000 passengers used the service in its inaugural season - a figure we...
Oct 06, 2016
New Brunswick judge warns American tourists not to bring guns across border
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Prosecutors say it has happened about once a week since June: American retirees, usually from the South, try to cross the Canadian border in New Brunswick with a gun. Or several gun...
Oct 06, 2016
Lawyer urges AMF tribunal to soften views of Baazov in insider trading case
MONTREAL - The lawyer for the former CEO of online gambling giant Amaya urged a securities tribunal on Thursday to soften its characterization of David Baazov’s alleged leading role in the insid...
Oct 06, 2016
Despite banged up secondary, B.C. Lions know defence can be a lot better
SURREY, B.C. - Wally Buono knows his secondary has been ravaged by injuries. But that doesn’t mean the head coach and general manager of the B.C. Lions thinks giving up nearly 800 yards through ...
Oct 06, 2016
October declared Islamic Heritage Month in Ontario
TORONTO - October will now officially be recognized as Islamic Heritage Month in Ontario after the legislature unanimously passed an act Thursday. It began as an NDP private members’ bill, and p...
Oct 06, 2016
'We failed you.We hurt you': Text of apology from RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson apologized at a news conference Thursday to hundreds of current and former female officers and employees who were subjected to alleged incidents of bullying, dis...
Oct 06, 2016
CMHC says drop in Vancouver home sales part of trend that started before new tax
OTTAWA - A report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says home sales in Vancouver were already slowing before the plunge in recent months in the wake of a new tax on foreign buyers. In its housing m...
Oct 06, 2016