Category Archives: Canadian Press
Edmonton police lay 'paper terrorism' charge against self-proclaimed Freeman
EDMONTON - Police have charged a self-proclaimed Freeman on the Land with carrying out a “paper terrorism” campaign against a peace officer who issued him a speeding ticket. Allen Boisjoli...
Sep 21, 2016
Third Ron Paul aide gets prison time for campaign violations
DES MOINES, Iowa - The deputy manager of Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for conspiring to cover up campaign payments to a former Iowa sta...
Sep 21, 2016

Police officer demoted for using force says he was concerned for his safety
HALIFAX - A Halifax police officer says he considered whether he would ultimately need his weapon to save his life as he dealt with an agitated couple he had stopped on a highway near the city last Se...
Sep 21, 2016
Judge dismisses challenge to N. Carolina gay-marriage law
RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a North Carolina law that says magistrates with religious objections can refuse to marry same-sex couples. The judge ruled the three couple...
Sep 21, 2016

Tesla updates software to improve radar
DETROIT - Tesla Motors customers will get enhanced radar and other features in an over-the-air software update that starts Wednesday night. The update makes the Model S sedan and Model X SUV rely more...
Sep 21, 2016

Criminal defence lawyer wounded in shooting outside Toronto law office
TORONTO - A man who witnessed a “horrific” daytime attack in an upscale Toronto neighbourhood recalled Wednesday seeing a prominent criminal defence lawyer crawl towards his office after b...
Sep 21, 2016

God's got mail: Letters arrive at Jerusalem's Western Wall
JERUSALEM - Israel’s postal service is delivering letters to a unique address that hasn’t changed in thousands of years. Ahead of the Jewish high holidays, it took some of the dozens of le...
Sep 21, 2016
Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli confident team is heading in 'right direction'
Connor McDavid was nine when the Edmonton Oilers last qualified for the playoffs. Indeed, it’s been a long decade of futility in the Alberta capital. But as training camp opens this week, there ...
Sep 21, 2016

B.C. coroner warns against complacency in wake of encouraging overdose stats
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is bombarding the province with thousands of overdose-reversing naloxone kits as part of an all-out assault against a drug crisis that has killed 488 people so far this ye...
Sep 21, 2016

Interim Viacom CEO to leave, dividend slashed
NEW YORK - Viacom says interim CEO Tom Dooley will leave Nov. 15 and the company is cutting its dividend in half in the first major moves from the company since longtime CEO Philippe Dauman left in Au...
Sep 21, 2016