Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Fixer Upper' couple buys historic castle in Texas
WACO, Texas - Chip and Joanna Gaines’ latest home project is quite the fixer-upper. The Texas couple made famous by HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” home improvement show closed last week ...
Feb 25, 2019
'Much, much slower:' Coroner promises change after Humboldt mix-up
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s chief coroner says a public mix-up in identifying two hockey players involved in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash means, in the future, his office will be more caref...
Feb 25, 2019
Loading Up: Winnipeg Jets acquire Hayes from Rangers in one of six trades
WINNIPEG - Kevin Cheveldayoff made a league-high six trades on Monday, but whether quantity produces quality on the ice remains to be seen. The Jets general manager started the day picking up big cent...
Feb 25, 2019
More money needed to deal with civil service pay problems, unions say
OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget must include more money to stabilize the disastrous Phoenix pay system for government employees, and to launch its replacement, the country’s biggest civil s...
Feb 25, 2019
Canada's Milos Raonic loses first-round match to unseeded opponent in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada’s Milos Raonic lost 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in a first-round upset at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday. The sev...
Feb 25, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays' spring training home also becoming known for craft beer
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Blue Jays baseball has become synonymous with Dunedin in the decades since the team set up its spring training camp there in 1977. But there’s another B word that’s entrenc...
Feb 25, 2019
2 arrested in robbery of California news crew
OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men have been arrested in the shooting of the security guard for a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers’ strike, authorities said Monday. KPIX said...
Feb 25, 2019
Trump goes after Spike Lee after Oscars speech
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is going after director Spike Lee, who used his Oscar acceptance speech to urge mobilization for the 2020 election. Trump tweeted Monday that Lee did a “racis...
Feb 25, 2019
The big Oscar win by 'Green Book' leaves many frustrated
LOS ANGELES - The decision to hand the best film Oscar to “Green Book” continued to be debated Monday, long after the last Champagne glass had finally been emptied. Rarely in Oscar history...
Feb 25, 2019
Main UK opposition party takes step to back new Brexit vote
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May returned from a seemingly unproductive meeting with European Union leaders Monday to a growing attempt by British lawmakers to stop her from taking Britain out of t...
Feb 25, 2019