Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian Forces instructor in Quebec charged with sex assault involving student
OTTAWA - An instructor with the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School at a garrison near Montreal has been charged with sexual assault involving a student. The Canadian Forces National Investi...
Oct 16, 2017
Accused Lindhout hostage-taker says he was coerced into helping kidnappers
OTTAWA - A man accused of holding Amanda Lindhout hostage in Somalia says he was threatened with death if he didn’t help the gang that seized her nine years ago. Testifying Monday in Ontario Sup...
Oct 16, 2017
Ex hostage Joshua Boyle explains why he had kids in captivity
TORONTO - Former hostage Joshua Boyle said Monday he and his wife decided to have children even while held captive because they always planned to have a big family and decided, “Hey, let’s...
Oct 16, 2017
Cops recover 2 Blue Jays rings, including 1992 World Series ring, stolen in 1994
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A Toronto-area police force says it has recovered a pair of Blue Jays rings that were stolen more than two decades ago. Peel regional police say a personalized 1992 Blue Jays World...
Oct 16, 2017
Boy, 10, falls down Niagara Gorge after losing balance on railing
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Police say a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured after he fell about 25 metres down the Niagara Gorge on Sunday afternoon. Niagara Parks Police say the boy, who was visiting fr...
Oct 16, 2017
City expected to approve Halloween bylaw restricting older teens, setting curfew
BATHURST, N.B. - Changes to a controversial Halloween bylaw banning older teenagers from trick-or-treating and setting an early curfew for anyone in disguise were expected to be approved in a northern...
Oct 16, 2017
Ontario college strike cancels classes for about half a million students
TORONTO - Classes were cancelled for about half a million students in Ontario on Monday as faculty at the province’s colleges went on strike. The labour dispute involving more than 12,000 profes...
Oct 16, 2017
Law governing those with intellectual deficits needs change: advocates
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia legislation aimed at giving greater autonomy to people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities came under criticism Monday, with predictions it will face a constitutional cha...
Oct 16, 2017
Sarah Polley speaks out about experience with Harvey Weinstein
TORONTO - Canadian film and TV star Sarah Polley says Harvey Weinstein once suggested they have a “close relationship” in order to advance her career, but she turned him down. In an op-ed ...
Oct 16, 2017
Former Canadian sprinter Macrozonaris still running, this time for public office
Nicolas Macrozonaris’s first car was a fluorescent green 1993 Ford Tempo that he bought for $800 and four pairs of Oakley sunglasses. It was 2002, and the beginning of a rags-to-riches couple of...
Oct 16, 2017