Category Archives: Canadian Press

N.S. man who rescued elderly woman from fire to be honoured in Ottawa
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man lauded for saving his neighbour from a devastating house fire last year says he’s overwhelmed by the attention he’s received. Travis Wolfe, 26, of Port Jol...
Jun 03, 2018

Man with knife, officer wounded in Berlin cathedral shooting
Berlin police shot and wounded a 53-year-old Austrian man who yelled and waved a knife inside the cathedral in the centre of the German capital Sunday, a police spokesman said. There was no immediate ...
Jun 03, 2018
Young Canadian side just misses out on semifinals at Toulon soccer tournament
FOS-SUR-MER, France - Canada tied Japan 1-1 Sunday at a prestigious youth soccer tournament in France to finish unbeaten in group play. But Turkey defeated Portugal 2-1 to finish first in Canada’...
Jun 03, 2018
Djokovic's next French Open foe was cleared of match-fixing
PARIS - In his record 12th French Open quarterfinal, Novak Djokovic will face a man he knows well, even if the rest of the world does not. What a tale Marco Cecchinato (it’s pronounced Cheh-key-...
Jun 03, 2018

Industry players wary of tariff war, in spite of potential benefits
Canada’s tariffs on imported U.S. goods - everything from strawberry jam to sleeping bags - could steer consumers to seek out cheaper, made-in-Canada alternatives, but domestic industry players ...
Jun 03, 2018

Public inquiry sparked by Wettlaufer case to get underway in Ontario
A public inquiry examining the circumstances that allowed a long-term care nurse to kill elderly patients in her care is set to get underway this week. The probe will examine the systemic factors that...
Jun 03, 2018

Families of deceased military college students demand answers from Ottawa
OTTAWA - The mothers of three Royal Military College students who died two years ago say they are angry and frustrated that the Department of National Defence has not released the results of an intern...
Jun 03, 2018
Looking back at Canadians picked in the first round of past MLB draft
The MLB draft begins Monday night and a couple of Canadian players will likely be selected over the first and second rounds. Here’s a look at how some of Canada’s other firs...
Jun 03, 2018

Bloc Quebecois members reject Martine Ouellet in leadership confidence vote
MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois members resoundingly rejected the leadership of Martine Ouellet in a confidence vote over the weekend, even as they chose to support her vision of a party that...
Jun 03, 2018
1 of 4 in small plane crash ID'd as builder to the stars
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - A prominent builder for celebrities’ homes was identified by authorities Sunday as being one of four people on board a small plane that crashed off the coast of Long Island,...
Jun 03, 2018