Category Archives: Canadian Press

Scientists bid farewell to Rosetta space probe before crash
BERLIN - Scientists began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe Thursday, hours before its planned crash-landing on a comet, but said that data collected during the mission would pro...
Sep 29, 2016
Why is Chicago a murder capital? Clues from a bloody month
CHICAGO - Fourteen-year-old Malik Causey loved the way gangs took what they wanted from people on the street, the way members fought for each other, the way they could turn drugs into cash and cash in...
Sep 29, 2016

Toronto designer basks in glow of 'Kate effect' after royal wears Canadian coat
TORONTO - Bojana Sentaler is quickly learning just what it means to feel the full force of the “Kate effect.” Barely 24 hours after the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in a coat by the Toron...
Sep 29, 2016
Same-sex couples won't have to adopt their own kids under new legislation
TORONTO - When Raquel Grand’s wife was in the middle of a difficult childbirth five years ago, Grand realized that if she lost her partner that day she would not have the legal right to take the...
Sep 29, 2016
Man pleads guilty to killing wife and her daughter with hammer and a bat
HALIFAX - In his suicide note, Gerald Rushton said he loved his common-law wife and her daughter. The Nova Scotia man wrote the note after he killed both of them in 2013 - using a claw hammer to bludg...
Sep 29, 2016
U.S. advises people who bought certain Samsung washers to use delicate cycle
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is advising people who bought certain Samsung washing machines to only use the delicate cycle when washing bedding, water-resistant and bulky items because ...
Sep 29, 2016
Taking Aim: Canada's Brady Heslip hoping to land spot with Toronto Raptors
BURNABY, B.C. - It’s near the end of a practice at Toronto Raptors’ training camp and like most of the team, Brady Heslip is working on his shot. He steps behind the three-point line and d...
Sep 29, 2016

Wedding day crisis averted thanks to handy Syrian refugee's intervention
A Toronto bride is crediting a newly arrived Syrian refugee with salvaging both her wedding gown and the day itself. Jo Du says the bridal gown that fit perfectly upon first try began falling apart ho...
Sep 29, 2016
B.C. city inks deal requiring foreign-language bus-stop ads be half in English
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Vancouver-area city where nearly half the residents identify as ethnically Chinese is requiring that all bus-stop ads be at least 50-per-cent English. Richmond signed a contract ear...
Sep 29, 2016

'Grave sin:' Bishops issue guidelines to refuse funerals in assisted deaths
EDMONTON - Guidelines from the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories say priests should refuse funerals for some people who choose assisted suicide. The document describes how phys...
Sep 29, 2016