Category Archives: Canadian Press
Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in 1 year
Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizensh...
Oct 11, 2018
Watson's domestic abuse suspension reduced to 18 games
NEW YORK - Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson’s suspension for domestic abuse has been reduced from 27 to 18 games by an arbitrator. The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association announc...
Oct 11, 2018
California train agency fined $650,000 for 2 worker deaths
SAN FRANCISCO - Regulators fined the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit agency $650,000 on Thursday for safety failures that led a commuter train to strike and kill two workers inspecting track fi...
Oct 11, 2018
Receiver Terrell Sinkfield Jr. re-signs with CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed American receiver Terrell Sinkfield Jr. on Thursday. Sinkfield Jr., 27, played defensive back with the NFL’s Oakland Raiders (2018), New York Jets (2...
Oct 11, 2018
Trump steps up his attacks on Federal Reserve's rate hikes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attack on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases, asserting that “the Fed is out of control” and blaming it for t...
Oct 11, 2018
Franklin looking to take hold of Argos' starting position versus Ticats
TORONTO - There will be no post-season for the Toronto Argonauts but James Franklin still has plenty to play for. Franklin begins his second stint as Toronto’s starter Friday night at BMO Field ...
Oct 11, 2018
Canada moves to block steel dumping with 25% surtax on select products
The Canadian government says it will impose a 25 per cent surtax on some foreign steel products in a bid to head off dumping. The Finance Department said “excessive imports” are harming th...
Oct 11, 2018
Louisiana pays $149K to settle harassment suit
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana has agreed to pay nearly $150,000 to end a sexual misconduct lawsuit against a former Republican secretary of state who resigned in May, the state’s highest public o...
Oct 11, 2018
Sedin twins' numbers to be retired by Vancouver Canucks next season
VANCOUVER - Daniel and Henrik Sedin will soon have their jerseys hanging in the rafters of Rogers Arena. The Vancouver Canucks announced on Thursday that the numbers of the recently retired twin super...
Oct 11, 2018
Doctors to prescribe visits to Montreal art museum in pioneering project
MONTREAL - Doctors in Montreal will soon be writing prescriptions that send patients to the art gallery instead of the pharmacy under a partnership with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The program, ...
Oct 11, 2018