Category Archives: Canadian Press
American Airlines suspends service to Venezuela indefinitely
FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines is indefinitely suspending flights to Venezuela as political turmoil and unrest continues to grip the country. Airline spokeswoman Martha Pantin said Thursday tha...
Mar 28, 2019
Wells Fargo CEO Sloan steps down after rocky tenure
NEW YORK - Wells Fargo’s CEO Tim Sloan stepped down Thursday, after a rocky tenure during which the deeply troubled bank dealt with a seemingly unending wave of scandals. Sloan said in a stateme...
Mar 28, 2019
FCA to cut Windsor auto assembly shift in fall at loss of 1,500 jobs
WINDSOR, Ont. - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says it plans to cut the third shift at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant later this year at a cost of about 1,500 jobs. The move to end the shift starting Se...
Mar 28, 2019
Canadian Victor Montagliani elected to second term as CONCACAF president
LAS VEGAS - Canadian Victor Montagliani has been elected to another term as president of CONCACAF. The Vancouver native ran unopposed at CONCACAF’s 34th Ordinary Congress. “It’s fant...
Mar 28, 2019
Billboard removes rapper Lil Nas X from country chart
NASHVILLE - Billboard has told rapper Lil Nas X to take his horse and giddy up by removing his viral hit “Old Town Road” from their country charts because they said it wasn’t country...
Mar 28, 2019
Luukkonen leads list of international talent on display in CHL playoffs
TORONTO - Big-game performances are becoming the routine for Sudbury Wolves goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. After the 20-year-old led Finland to a victory over Canada in the quarterfinals at the worl...
Mar 28, 2019
QuickFacts: Quebec tables secularism bill
Some key elements of Quebec’s secularism bill, tabled Thursday by the Coalition Avenir Quebec government. Who is covered by the prohibition on religious symbols? Elementary and high school teach...
Mar 28, 2019
Movie set materials cited in firefighter's death in NYC
NEW YORK - Highly combustible materials used to turn a former jazz club into a movie set contributed to the death of a veteran New York City firefighter last year, according to a fire department repor...
Mar 28, 2019
Sinclair returns to the scene of the crime in Manchester -- or pretty close
It’s not quite the scene of the crime but Christine Sinclair will be just 7.5 kilometres away from Old Trafford when she leads Canada out against England on April 5. The two rivals are meeting a...
Mar 28, 2019
Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros charged with tax evasion
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Members of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros have been charged with tax evasion, three years after local authorities launched a probe into the avant-garde rock band’s finances. T...
Mar 28, 2019