Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-Brazilian President Temer released from jail after 5 days
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was released from jail on Monday, less than a week after he was arrested in the sprawling Car Wash corruption probe that has ensnared many of t...
Mar 25, 2019
Kansas' new Democratic governor vetoes GOP tax relief bill
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas’ new Democratic governor on Monday vetoed a tax relief bill approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing it would repeat an infamous fiscal experiment that fa...
Mar 25, 2019
Judge suggests Hawaii man avoid favourite soda on probation
WAILUKU, Hawaii - A Hawaii judge suggested a man not drink his favourite soda during four years of probation on a car theft conviction. Judge Rhonda Loo suggested in a Maui court last week that 21-yea...
Mar 25, 2019
Crash threatens Vancouver shipyard's schedule for new coast guard ships
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard’s hope that its first new fisheries science vessel will finally be delivered this summer could be dashed after the ship crashed on its first test run last week....
Mar 25, 2019
Tom Clancy's widow expands challenge of rights ownership
BALTIMORE - Tom Clancy’s widow says in a lawsuit that his estate is the exclusive owner not just of the novelist’s famous character Jack Ryan, but the rights to the character John Clark an...
Mar 25, 2019
Sources say Trudeau rejected Wilson-Raybould's conservative pick for high court
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould recommended in 2017 that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominate a conservative Manitoba judge to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, even though he wasn’t a sitt...
Mar 25, 2019
Family members celebrate birthday of late 'Queen of Soul'
DETROIT - Family members are celebrating Aretha Franklin on what would have been the Queen of Soul’s 77th birthday with a memorial service and a screening of a documentary film. The service was ...
Mar 25, 2019
The Latest: Apple streaming TV service to debut this fall
CUPERTINO, Calif. - The Latest on Apple’s streaming TV event (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Apple says its new subscription TV service will be available this fall. But the company isn’t say...
Mar 25, 2019
Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd to defend Bellator featherweight title in July
Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd will defend her Bellator featherweight title against undefeated Israeli Olga Rubin on July 12 in Thackerville, Okla. The main event fight will take place at the WinStar...
Mar 25, 2019
Montreal priest sentenced to eight years for sexually abusing two boys
MONTREAL - A Montreal priest who sexually abused two boys under his tutelage was handcuffed and led away to prison Monday as his two victims looked on. Rev. Brian Boucher was impassive as Quebec court...
Mar 25, 2019