Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tennessee man gets 6 years for death at Trace Adkins concert
HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee man will serve six years in the death of an Indiana man who was dragged, then run over by an SUV. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports a judge declined to give 45-year-o...
Apr 06, 2018
Irving-owned railway pleads not guilty to safety violations in oil transport
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A railway owned by New Brunswick’s Irving family has pleaded not guilty to 24 charges alleging the company violated safety standards in the way it transported oil. The allegat...
Apr 06, 2018
Former CTV reporter sues broadcaster, woman who accused him of sexual misconduct
TORONTO - A former CTV News reporter facing sexual misconduct allegations is suing the broadcaster, its parent company and the woman who levelled the accusations against him. Paul Bliss, whose departu...
Apr 06, 2018
Heavy lifting ahead for Canada's Gushue in world curling championship playoffs
LAS VEGAS - The playoff road to a second straight world curling championship is long for Canada’s Brad Gushue. Gushue needs to win a quarterfinal Saturday morning to avoid elimination from medal...
Apr 06, 2018
Officials in Canada braced for another spike in illegal border crossings
OTTAWA - Border officials are preparing for another spike in asylum seekers coming illegally into Canada from the U.S. as the weather gets warmer. The RCMP intercepted more than 3,000 irregular border...
Apr 06, 2018
Crewman credited with saving lives as fishing boat sank
HONOLULU - Khanh Huynh has been a commercial fisherman since he was 12 years old. For the past six years, he’s been living on a fishing boat in Hawaii, catching premium ahi tuna for some of the ...
Apr 06, 2018
Whitecaps looking for more success on the road against Real Salt Lake
VANCOUVER - Brek Shea’s critics have plenty of pointed questions about the way he plays soccer. They wonder about the Vancouver Whitecap midfielder’s passion for the game. They don’t...
Apr 06, 2018
Powell says Fed expects to stick with gradual rate hikes
CHICAGO - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday painted a mostly sunny view of the U.S. economy and said the Fed remains committed to raising its key interest rate gradually unless events c...
Apr 06, 2018
N.S. fine-tuning cyberbullying law prompted by Parsons death, minister says
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia anti-cyberbullying law prompted by the death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons five years ago Saturday is still being fine-tuned. The legislature passed the new Intimate Images an...
Apr 06, 2018
A scramble, and a fight: Iaquinta vs Nurmagomedov at UFC 223
UFC has a main event for its New York return. Al Iaquinta, a winner of five straight bouts, will step in and fight in the main event of UFC 223 on Saturday after two other challengers were forced to d...
Apr 06, 2018