Category Archives: Canadian Press
Couillard wants Bombardier rail plant to get Montreal subway renewal contract
LA POCATIERE, Que. - The Quebec government will introduce a bill to thwart any legal challenges to Bombardier and Alstom being awarded an extension to a contract for the renewal of Montreal’s su...
Apr 13, 2018
German Jewish leader slams rap song for Auschwitz reference
BERLIN - A German Jewish leader is criticizing a music awards show for giving a prize to two rappers whose reference to the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in a song she says harms efforts to fight ...
Apr 13, 2018
Britney Spears welcomes new niece, congratulates sister
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has a new niece. The singer on Thursday tweeted congratulations to her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, for the birth of her second daughter, Ivey Joan Watson. “I could no...
Apr 13, 2018
Bayern Munich hires Niko Kovac from Frankfurt as coach
MUNICH - Niko Kovac is returning to Bayern Munich as coach next season after impressing at Eintracht Frankfurt. The 46-year-old Kovac, who played for Bayern from 2001-03, agreed to a three-year contra...
Apr 13, 2018
March home sales volume plunges 22.7%, national average price down 10.4%: CREA
TORONTO - The most-affordable segments of Canada’s housing market are seeing the biggest price hikes as recent changes to mortgage regulations fuel demand for lower-priced homes such as condomin...
Apr 13, 2018
Ryan's departure sparks unrest, GOP fears losing House
WASHINGTON - When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement decision, he did so on his own terms. The political fallout may not be so easy to control. Ryan’s relinquishing of one of the m...
Apr 13, 2018
Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes
DAMASCUS, Syria - Hundreds of Syrians gathered at landmark squares in the Syrian capital Saturday, honking their car horns, flashing victory signs and waving Syrian flags in scenes of defiance that fo...
Apr 13, 2018
Ex-Trump aide on leave after questioning Pruitt's spending
WASHINGTON - A high-ranking political staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency has told lawmakers he faced retaliation after pushing back against outsized spending demands from Administrator Sco...
Apr 13, 2018
Acquittal of Greitens wouldn't guarantee political survival
ST. LOUIS - Embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says his upcoming criminal trial will prove his innocence of an invasion of privacy charge stemming from an extramarital affair and allow him to move ...
Apr 13, 2018
AP Exclusive: 8 victims seek damages from Legion of Christ
VATICAN CITY - Eight victims of the Catholic Church’s most notorious pedophile are pressing the Legion of Christ religious order to compensate them for the sexual abuse they endured and the psyc...
Apr 13, 2018