Category Archives: Canadian Press
TV drama about high court's Ginsburg, O'Connor in the works
LOS ANGELES - A TV drama about the lives and careers of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the works. A spokeswoman for Alyssa Milano said Tuesday that the actress’ company,...
May 01, 2018
Bill Cosby judge to weigh publicly disclosing jurors' names
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The judge in the Bill Cosby case is weighing whether to publicly disclose the names of the jurors who convicted the comedian last week on sexual assault charges. Judge Steven O’...
May 01, 2018
Singer Barry Manilow returns to Vegas for series of shows
LAS VEGAS - Singer Barry Manilow is returning to Las Vegas for shows starting this month at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Westgate Resorts founder and CEO David Siegel says in a statemen...
May 01, 2018
Nebraska AG sues lawmakers to block subpoena of prisons head
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska’s attorney general sued 16 state lawmakers on Tuesday to prevent the corrections director from having to testify before a committee about his department’s lethal i...
May 01, 2018
Russ Brandon resigns as Bills, Sabres president
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Russ Brandon abruptly resigned his dual role as president of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres after being confronted by the teams’ owners regardi...
May 01, 2018
Apple's tax break yields $102 billion boon for shareholders
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apple’s tax break on its overseas profits is turning into a $102 billion boon for shareholders. The iPhone maker is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 per cent to 73 cents p...
May 01, 2018
Three men plead guilty in gangster's shooting death outside B.C. hotel in 2011
KELOWNA, B.C. - Three British Columbia men charged with first-degree murder in the death of a notorious gangster have pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a brazen shooting that also injured four other...
May 01, 2018
Canadian men and women learn draw at Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco
Canada’s men will have to get past Papua New Guinea and Argentina to reach the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in July in San Francisco. The tournament, which features 24 men...
May 01, 2018
Toronto police partner with charity in effort to track down wanted fugitives
Toronto police are partnering with a charitable organization in an effort to bring some of Canada’s most-wanted to justice. Det. Sgt. Stacy Gallant says the Bolo - be on the lookout - program wi...
May 01, 2018
Things to know about the Liberals' air passenger rights, rail transport bill
OTTAWA - The government is asking the House of Commons to side with it on passage of a major transport bill which the Senate wants to amend. Here are five things to know about the bill: 1) The bill wo...
May 01, 2018