Category Archives: Canadian Press
Arvidsson powers Predators past Oilers 4-2; Poile becomes winningest GM
EDMONTON - David Poile now has the most wins in NHL history as a general manager. Viktor Arvidsson scored a pair of goals as Poile’s Nashville Predators came from behind to record a 4-2 victory ...
Mar 1, 2018
China criticizes US trade report but silent on tariff hikes
BEIJING - China has expressed “grave concern” about a U.S. trade policy report that pledges to pressure Beijing but had no immediate response to President Donald Trump’s plan to hike...
Mar 1, 2018
Olympic champion Biles back on US national gymnastics team
INDIANAPOLIS - Simone Biles is back on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. The Athlete Selection Committee at USA Gymnastics named Biles to the senior national team Thursday after reviewing traini...
Mar 1, 2018
Saved from bankruptcy? Buyers revive deal for Weinstein Co.
NEW YORK - The Weinstein Co. might be saved from bankruptcy after all. A group of investors, led by businesswoman Maria Contreras-Sweet, said Thursday that it has revived a potential deal to buy the a...
Mar 1, 2018
Mike Huckabee leaves country music board after criticism
NASHVILLE - Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has resigned from the board for the Country Music Association Foundation after his election was swiftly criticized in the music commu...
Mar 1, 2018
Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' statue debuts pre-Oscars
LOS ANGELES - A golden statue of a bathrobe-clad Harvey Weinstein, seated regally atop a couch with an Oscar in hand, took up temporary sidewalk residence close to the site of Sunday’s Academy A...
Mar 1, 2018
Disney pushes 'Mulan' to 2020, moves 'Avengers' up a week
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Company is shifting some film releases around including moving “Avengers: Infinity War” up one week and pushing the live-action “Mulan” back almos...
Mar 1, 2018
Mother testifies about horror of finding kids slain by nanny
NEW YORK - The Manhattan apartment was eerily quiet for a home with three little kids. The only light glowed from a bathroom. That’s where Marina Krim found her two children - covered in blood, ...
Mar 1, 2018
SEC dropped inquiry a month after firm aided Kushner company
NEW YORK - The Securities and Exchange Commission late last year dropped its inquiry into a financial company that a month earlier had given White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estat...
Mar 1, 2018
Pennsylvania mayor convicted of selling office
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania mayor was convicted Thursday of selling his office to campaign donors in a wide-ranging scheme meant to fuel his political ambitions for statewide office. Jurors at the...
Mar 1, 2018