Category Archives: Canadian Press
Four-year sentence for man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada
VANCOUVER - A Sri Lankan man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada won’t serve any more time in prison, despite being handed a four-sentence on Monday. Kunarobinson Christhurajah, w...
Sep 11, 2017
Stress blamed for death of moose in Winnipeg that caused traffic tie-up
WINNIPEG - A moose that was on the loose for two days in Winnipeg and almost delayed the start of a Canadian Football League game has died after being tranquilized. Manitoba’s Sustainable Develo...
Sep 11, 2017
B.C. Premier John Horgan says apology, other defences mitigate defamation suit
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he has made a “full and fair apology” for remarks about the province’s former liquefied natural gas advocate in reaction to a la...
Sep 11, 2017

California governor agrees to immigrant protections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Senate leader said Monday they’ve agreed to changes in proposed legislation that would further restrict interactions between law en...
Sep 11, 2017
Late Canadian poet laureate Pierre DesRuisseaux accused of plagiarism
MONTREAL - One of Canada’s former poet laureates is being accused of plagiarizing the works of illustrious English-language authors in a book that has since been taken off the shelves. U.K.-base...
Sep 11, 2017

Parole denied for prison tailor who helped 2 killers escape
ALBANY, N.Y. - Parole has been denied to prison tailor Joyce Mitchell, who was sweet-talked into providing hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools that two killers used in a prison break that’s ...
Sep 11, 2017
Bronze Age grave in Greece shows nobleman's love of jewelry
ATHENS, Greece - Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered an undisturbed tomb the size of a small house that belonged to a Bronze Age nobleman with a fondness for jewelry. Greece’s Cult...
Sep 11, 2017
New Miss America: US needs seat at Paris climate pact table
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - An Ivy League graduate headed to law school, with eyes on becoming her state’s first female governor, Miss North Dakota Cara Mund knew the importance of answering a questio...
Sep 11, 2017
Alberta RCMP swoop in to rescue great horned owl trapped in soccer net
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Alberta RCMP have added a feather to their cap by coming to the rescue of a great horned owl entangled in a school soccer net. Mounties in Airdrie, just north of Calgary, were waved d...
Sep 11, 2017

Trudeau targets Tories in gender equality remarks, saying they don't get it
TORONTO - The strongest opposition to including issues such as gender equality in discussions over the North American Free Trade Agreement has come not from the United States but from within Canada, P...
Sep 11, 2017