Category Archives: Canadian Press

Toronto FC forward Jozy Altidore named MLS player of the week after two-goal show
TORONTO - Jozy Altidore has been voted the MLS player of the week, marking the fourth time in seven weeks that the honour has gone to a Toronto FC player. The U.S. international scored twice in Toront...
Sep 12, 2017

In blow to Murdoch, UK refers Fox bid for Sky to regulator
LONDON - The British government will refer Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s bid for satellite broadcaster Sky to the country’s competition regulator for further examination, in a blow to Ru...
Sep 12, 2017
Ottawa Redblacks to put quarterback Harris on six-game injured list
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks could be without regular starting quarterback Trevor Harris for the stretch drive of the CFL season. Harris will be added to the six-game injured list due to a right shou...
Sep 12, 2017

Blind goat stolen from central Alberta animal sanctuary; reward offered
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - An animal sanctuary south of Edmonton is offering a $10,000 no-questions-asked reward for the return of a blind goat named Daisy. Melissa Foley, founder of the Farm Animal Rescue a...
Sep 12, 2017

Wisconsin Senate approves $3 billion for Foxconn
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Senate approved nearly $3 billion in cash payments for Foxconn Technology Group on Tuesday, while also giving the Taiwanese company a slightly less expedited path to the ...
Sep 12, 2017

Film documents tiny coastal N.S. village's relentless battle with Ottawa
HALIFAX - They feared being swallowed by ocean, but the 78 residents of Gabarus, N.S., never waved a white flag before the federal government. For decades, a seawall made of timber and rock protected ...
Sep 12, 2017
Attorney: Girl in Slender Man case had 'broken mind'
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a horror character called Slender Man who she thought ...
Sep 12, 2017
Police: Polish rock group members raped woman on tour bus
SPOKANE, Wash. - Four members of a Polish death metal band arrested on charges of kidnapping a Washington state woman are also suspected of sexually assaulting her after a concert during a party on th...
Sep 12, 2017

Lawsuit by AP, others seeks emails from Washington lawmakers
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A coalition of news organizations led by The Associated Press sued the Washington Legislature on Tuesday, challenging lawmakers’ claim that a tweak made more than two decades ag...
Sep 12, 2017
Canadian gets jail time for biting girl at Green Day concert
PORTLAND, Ore. - A Canadian man who bit a 14-year-old girl on her right breast during a Green Day concert in Portland, Oregon, last month has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Joel Dauncey of Vancouv...
Sep 12, 2017