Category Archives: Canadian Press
Suspect in Jays beer-tossing case faces mischief charge, police say
TORONTO - A mischief charge has been laid against a man alleged to have tossed a beer can at a Baltimore outfielder during a dramatic Blue Jays playoff game earlier this week, Toronto police said Thur...
Oct 06, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful would lower income taxes, drop some tax credits
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier wants to eliminate some of the boutique tax credits favoured by former prime minister Stephen Harper to help cover the cost of cutting income ...
Oct 06, 2016
Serval owner rails against Ottawa bylaw, argues they're not dangerous
Margueret Lewis has lots to say about an exotic animal bylaw in Ottawa that bans servals - small cheetah-like cats - but most of it’s obscene. She lives on a large rural property within the city...
Oct 06, 2016
Mother found not guilty of assaulting assistant principal
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A Virginia mother accused of hitting an assistant principal at her child’s elementary school in the head, briefly knocking her unconscious, has been found not guilty following ...
Oct 06, 2016
Pole vaulter Shawn Barber tests positive for cocaine through kissing, report says
TORONTO - The 16-page report on Shawn Barber’s positive cocaine test reads in parts like an erotic short story. Sex, drugs and a hotel rendezvous, with Canada’s world champion pole vaulter...
Oct 06, 2016
B.C.'s Clark urged to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline for failing key condition
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is being challenged to reject Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal because it can never meet one of her five conditions t...
Oct 06, 2016
Exotic animal owners share deep bond with pets, despite critics' concerns
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Tank clambers onto Gord Perry’s shoulder, rests his black and white head in the crook of the man’s neck and stays still as his back is stroked. The lizard - an Argenti...
Oct 06, 2016
Pakistan's lawmakers toughen penalty for 'honour' killings
ISLAMABAD - Despite objections from religious hard-liners, lawmakers Thursday took the first significant move to curb mounting numbers of “honour” killings in Pakistan, stiffening the pena...
Oct 06, 2016
Pit bulls: Montreal considering appeal of court ruling
MONTREAL - Promising to never yield to threats or lobby groups, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says the city must consider an immediate appeal of a court ruling that suspended its ban on new pit bulls. ...
Oct 06, 2016
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign former Toronto Argos receiver Tori Gurley
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American receiver Tori Gurley on Thursday. The six-foot-four, 230-pound Gurley was released earlier this week by the Toronto Argonauts, along with fellow re...
Oct 06, 2016