Category Archives: Canadian Press
Russell Crowe will play Roger Ailes in new Showtime biopic
LOS ANGELES - Russell Crowe will portray Roger Ailes in a new Showtime series about the late Fox News Channel founder. The eight-episode limited series is based on the 2014 book “The Loudest Voi...
Jun 26, 2018
Hip-hop stars Cardi B and Offset wed quietly months ago
ATLANTA - A marriage certificate shows hip-hop stars Cardi B and the Migos’ Offset were quietly married months ago. Sunday night while accepting best group award at the BET Awards, Offset raised...
Jun 26, 2018
Media fight access restrictions on child detention centres
NEW YORK - The children at the centre of the national debate over President Donald Trump’s immigration policy have been heard about but rarely seen. News organizations say they are pushing back ...
Jun 26, 2018
Route 66, Larimer Square on National Trust's endangered list
WASHINGTON - Route 66, Denver’s Larimer Square and school buildings in Los Angeles are on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2018 list of America’s 11 most endangered his...
Jun 26, 2018
Buzz Aldrin's ex-manager says she's been unfairly defamed
ORLANDO, Fla. - The former business manager for Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin said Tuesday she’s being unfairly defamed in a lawsuit accusing her along with two of his children of misusing hi...
Jun 26, 2018
Cost of substance use in Canada tops $38 billion, with booze and tobacco on top
VICTORIA - The economic cost of substance use in Canada in 2014 was $38.4 billion, or about $1,100 for every Canadian, and came with a staggering toll of 67,515 deaths, says a report released Tuesday....
Jun 26, 2018
Summer snow falls in parts of Newfoundland: 'Never seen it this late in June'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It may be summer, but snow was falling in parts of Newfoundland Tuesday. John Jack Lushman said there were roughly five centimetres of snow Tuesday morning on the deck of his ...
Jun 26, 2018
Drought-stricken West braces as wildfire season flares up
SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands fled their homes as major wildfires encroached on a charred area of Northern California still recovering from severe blazes in recent years, sparking concern the state may be...
Jun 26, 2018
Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum a major peril to Canada's economy, MPs told
OTTAWA - Canada needs to stand its ground in its ongoing tariff fight with the United States, witnesses from steel companies, manufacturers and the steelworkers union warned MPs Tuesday as President D...
Jun 26, 2018
Canada spends millions housing and feeding border crossers, detains only some
OTTAWA - As the United States faces mounting criticism over its treatment and detention of illegal migrants, new statistics released by the federal government show Canada’s treatment of irregula...
Jun 26, 2018