Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police say they made an 'error' in arresting Stormy Daniels
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against porn star Stormy Daniels just hours after she was arrested and accused of illegally rubbing undercover police officers’ faces aga...
Jul 12, 2018
In the news today, July 12
Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 12 --- ONTARIO’S NEW GOVERNMENT TO GIVE FIRST THRONE SPEECH Ontario’s new government will lay out its plans today in a throne speech expected to...
Jul 12, 2018
Shouting, insults as FBI agent faces angry Republicans
WASHINGTON - An embattled FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages exposed the Justice Department to claims of institutional bias vigorously defended himself at an extraordinary congressional hearing ...
Jul 12, 2018
As pre-election cabinet shuffle looms, Kirsty Duncan ready for anything
OTTAWA - She’s gone from a junior minister, to a minister with a $4-billion budget to spend, to a minister holding down two different portfolios. Now Kirsty Duncan, minister of science and minis...
Jul 12, 2018
'The spotlight is shining:' Calgary Stampede revellers grapple with #MeToo
CALGARY - Jessica Littlewood was returning to her downtown hotel room after a night out with friends during the Calgary Stampede when she had an unsettling encounter. It was 1:30 a.m. and the NDP memb...
Jul 12, 2018
Manitoba premier asks colleagues to cut restrictions on inter-provincial booze
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is asking his colleagues to eliminate restrictions on interprovincial booze runs. In advance of next week’s premiers meeting in New Brunswick, Pallist...
Jul 12, 2018
CRTC levies fines against two companies under Canada's anti-spam law
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says it has fined two companies for the first time under Canada’s anti-spam law for allegedly aiding in the installation ...
Jul 12, 2018
Rebel Wilson back in Australian courts in defamation appeal
MELBOURNE, Australia - Rebel Wilson has applied to Australia’s highest court to increase the comic actress’s payout from a defamation case against a magazine publisher. The 38-year-old bes...
Jul 11, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games World Cup Semifinal in Moscow Croatia 2 England 1 (extra time) — MLB American League Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 2 Minnesota 8 Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 9 Baltimore 0 Boston 4 T...
Jul 11, 2018
Streaming rules Emmys as Netflix snaps 17-year HBO streak
LOS ANGELES - When Netflix snapped HBO’s 17-year streak as Emmy nominations leader, more than bragging rights switched hands. It represented the breathtaking change in how audiences get and watc...
Jul 11, 2018