Category Archives: Canadian Press
In the news today, June 18
Four stories in the news for Monday, June 18 --- REPORT DETAILS CHILD POVERTY IN ALL FEDERAL RIDINGS Forty per cent of the children in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s downtown Toronto riding liv...
Jun 18, 2018
Spanish king's brother-in-law begins prison term for graft
MADRID - The brother-in-law of Spain’s King Felipe VI has begun serving a nearly six-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion, Spanish prison authorities said Monday. An official with the Interio...
Jun 18, 2018
A look at the federal ridings with the highest, and lowest child poverty rates
OTTAWA - A national anti-poverty group has broken down the child poverty rates in each of the 338 federal ridings. Below are the 10 ridings with the highest, and lowest child poverty rates in the coun...
Jun 17, 2018
Liberals pressed on anti-poverty plan as report details child poverty rates
OTTAWA - Anti-poverty groups are raising the stakes on the Liberal government’s promise to reduce the prevalence of low-income families by detailing child poverty rates in all 338 federal riding...
Jun 17, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games World Cup At Samara, Russia Serbia 1 Costa Rica 0 At Moscow, Russia Mexico 1 Germany 0 At Rostov-on-Don, Russia Brazil 1 Switzerland 1 — MLB American League Cleveland 4, Min...
Jun 17, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games World Cup At Samara, Russia Serbia 1 Costa Rica 0 At Moscow, Russia Mexico 1 Germany 0 At Rostov-on-Don, Russia Brazil 1 Switzerland 1 — MLB American League Cleveland 4, Min...
Jun 17, 2018
Chicago TV host, athlete Brackett dies at 76 after bike fall
CHICAGO - Elizabeth Brackett, a longtime Chicago journalist and world-champion triathlete, has died four days after an apparent bicycle accident. She was 76. PBS affiliate WTTW, where Brackett hosted ...
Jun 17, 2018
Police suspect fire at mosque in Alberta town was deliberately set
EDSON, Alta. - RCMP in Alberta say they’re investigating an arson at a mosque in a community west of Edmonton. Police say damage to the Edson Mosque on Saturday night was minor and that no one w...
Jun 17, 2018
Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 4, knocks over walls
TOKYO - Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country’s second-largest city, killing four people and injuri...
Jun 17, 2018
Lamaze, Fine Lady, claim Grand Prix win at Spruce Meadows tournament
CALGARY - Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady won a $385,000 Grand Prix on Sunday at the Spruce Meadows Continental tournament. Lamaze and the 15-year-old Hanoverian mare claimed bronze together at the 2016 Oly...
Jun 17, 2018