Category Archives: Canadian Press
Meghan Markle's parents to visit queen, have wedding roles
LONDON - Meghan Markle’s divorced parents will meet with Queen Elizabeth II and other royals before her May 19 wedding to Prince Harry and will have special roles in their daughter’s weddi...
May 04, 2018
Kevin Hart's jet blows tire landing in Boston, no one hurt
BOSTON - It was a rough landing during a rough week for actor and comedian Kevin Hart. Hart’s private jet blew a tire landing at Boston’s Logan Airport on Thursday. In a Snapchat video, Ha...
May 04, 2018
2nd-longest US expansion on record keeps churning out jobs
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy has delivered steady if only modest gains for most Americans since the Great Recession ended in 2009. It’s been a frustration for many. Yet the very sluggishness of...
May 04, 2018
Whitecaps hope teenager Alphonso Davies can sweeten their trip to Minnesota
VANCOUVER - He was still feeling a little sour from a case of food poisoning, but Alphonso Davies offered up some sweet relief for the Vancouver Whitecaps last week. The teenager with the long stride ...
May 04, 2018
Politician takes up cause of N.S. woman who wants to teach Gaelic in Scotland
A prominent member of the Scottish parliament is taking up the cause of a young Nova Scotia woman and the Scottish island school that wants her to be its Gaelic teacher. Sine Halfpenny of Antigonish, ...
May 04, 2018
Cheryl Burke celebrates birthday with engagement
LOS ANGELES - “Dancing with the Stars” coach Cheryl Burke celebrated her birthday with an engagement. The 34-year-old announced on Instagram on Thursday that 38-year-old actor Matthew Lawr...
May 04, 2018
Polanski's film academy expulsion, 40-years in the making
LOS ANGELES - Until Thursday, Roman Polanski had been a film academy member for over 40 years since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in 1977. In his 40 years as a fugitive the “China...
May 04, 2018
Saint John braces for rising floodwaters: 'It's up to the window sills'
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s capital is shifting to clean-up mode after extreme flooding, even as downstream communities including the industrial hub of Saint John prepare for unprecedented flo...
May 04, 2018
Female singer-songwriters reign at East Coast Music Awards gala in Halifax
HALIFAX - Female singer-songwriters reigned at this year’s East Coast Music Awards gala Thursday, including a P.E.I. artist rewarded for an intimate music video detailing her heartbreaking story...
May 04, 2018
Arsenic, magnets prompt N.L. recall of Magnetic Putty
OTTAWA - Health Canada says a company in Newfoundland and Labrador is voluntarily recalling a product called Magnetic Putty because of high levels of arsenic and small magnets that could be swallowed....
May 04, 2018