Author Archives:
JMU cancels rest of softball season after player's death
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - James Madison has canceled the remainder of its softball season as the school tries to cope with the apparent suicide of one of its star players last week. Lauren Bernett, a s...
May 02, 2022
Arrest warrant issued in Alabama for missing jail official
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a jail official who disappeared while escorting a prisoner last week in Alabama. Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said a warrant was...
May 02, 2022
Sex assault trial getting underway for Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard
TORONTO - The sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is getting underway after multiple delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hoggard is in a downtown Toronto courtroom today where a j...
May 02, 2022
Jan. 6 panel wants interviews with Brooks, Biggs, Jackson
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three more House Republicans received requests Monday to voluntarily appear before the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection, weeks after investigators ...
May 02, 2022
Six verified candidates vying to lead the Conservative Party of Canada
OTTAWA - The Conservative party has confirmed that six candidates have been verified as leadership contenders after passing the final hurdles to getting their names on the ballot. Pierre Poilievre, th...
May 02, 2022
‘Without you, we are the less. We are inadequate’: Archbishop of Canterbury visits P.A.
For the second straight day, Most Rev. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, profusely apologized to residential school survivors, and vowed to collaborate to make sure their voices are heard an...
May 02, 2022
Getting boostered and Mattea goes for number 20: In The News for May 2
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... B...
May 02, 2022
Military must better accommodate troops with exceptional family needs: watchdog
OTTAWA - Canada's military watchdog is calling on the Armed Forces to better accommodate troops with disabled children and other exceptional family circumstances, warning some are being forced to choo...
May 02, 2022
Proposed cattle feedlot threatens popular but fragile Alberta lake, residents say
EDMONTON - Thousands of Alberta cottagers and homeowners are waiting anxiously to see if a provincial regulator will allow a large cattle feedlot to be developed near a popular and environmentally fra...
May 02, 2022
Friend remembers cadet who died in vehicle incident as 'class clown'
TORONTO - One of four officer cadets who died when their vehicle plunged into water is being remembered as an outgoing athlete who was proud of the hard work he put in at Canada's Royal Military Colle...
May 02, 2022