Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former hostage says his American wife was rushed to hospital
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. - An American woman who was rescued with her family last week after five years held by a Taliban-linked group has been hospitalized, her Canadian husband said. Joshua Boyle told The...
Oct 18, 2017
Harvard rescinds 2014 medal awarded to Harvey Weinstein
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University is rescinding a 2014 medal it awarded to Harvey Weinstein for his contributions to African American culture. The school’s Hutchins Center for African and Af...
Oct 18, 2017
Religious language in Criminal Code too narrow, says Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says the fact that it is against the law to disrupt a clergyman or minister - but not an imam or a rabbi - is one of the reasons she wants to modernize t...
Oct 18, 2017
Little Rock police arrest suspected 1st shooter at nightclub
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Police say they have arrested the person suspected of firing first during a mass shooting at a Little Rock rap concert last summer. No one died in the July 1 melee, but 28 people s...
Oct 18, 2017
Raptors say rivals or not, NBA players never want to see injuries
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan was playing alongside Paul George for the U.S. team when George suffered what had to be one of sport’s most gruesome injuries. And so when Boston’s Gordon Hayward w...
Oct 18, 2017
Canada's original NAFTA negotiator: Not 'end of world' if NAFTA ends
WASHINGTON - Canada’s chief negotiator for the original NAFTA says it would not be the end of the world if the agreement disappeared, suggesting it might be a better outcome than letting the Tru...
Oct 18, 2017
Hotel guard describes getting shot before Las Vegas massacre
LAS VEGAS - The gunman who unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history first wounded an unsuspecting hotel security guard in a hallway who promptly radioed for help, according to a TV...
Oct 18, 2017
Indigenous board member accuses Dalhousie University of 'entrenched' racism
HALIFAX - An Indigenous member of Dalhousie University’s board of governors says she was subjected to institutionalized racism at a recent meeting, prompting an apology from the board’s ch...
Oct 18, 2017
Finance minister followed the law, has done nothing wrong: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing by his embattled finance minister as he faces opposition accusations of gross conflict of interest for failing to place his personal assets in a blin...
Oct 18, 2017
Saskatchewan Roughriders face tough task playing Calgary Stampeders at McMahon
On Friday, the focus turns to football for Duron Carter and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Carter was at the centre of some drama this week when he and Sam Williams, a defensive back on Saskatchewan...
Oct 18, 2017