Category Archives: Canadian Press
Innerhofer fastest in 1st practice for World Cup downhill
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Christof Innerhofer was fastest Thursday in the first training session for a downhill race. The Italian sped down the 3.3-kilometre Kandahar (2-mile) course in 1 minu...
Jan 25, 2018
New Israeli exhibit highlights power of photos in Holocaust
JERUSALEM - Staring at grainy video footage of Jewish children marching to their freedom though the barbed-wire fences of the Auschwitz death camp, 79-year-old Vera Kriegel Grossman excitedly points a...
Jan 25, 2018
New steroid data used by IOC to vet Russia's Olympians
MOSCOW - New evidence is being used to vet Russian athletes ahead of next month’s Pyeongchang Games, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday. The IOC said a database from the Moscow an...
Jan 25, 2018
Federer in record 7th Aussie Open final after Chung retires
MELBOURNE, Australia - It took just over an hour for Roger Federer to fix one anomalous statistic in his extraordinary career. Defending champion Federer, who was leading Hyeon Chung 6-1, 5-2 when the...
Jan 25, 2018
Stripper poles, coffin, velociraptor up for grabs in auction
MIAMI - Looking for stripper poles, a coffin with cherry red lining and a velociraptor? You might want to check out the upcoming auction of gaudy items that decorated two mansions once owned by a form...
Jan 25, 2018
Survey: Being a female artist in pop is a 'lonely' field
NEW YORK - A new survey of top pop charts over the past six years finds that men overwhelmingly dominate the ranks of artists and songwriters and that only 2 per cent of producers in music are female....
Jan 25, 2018
Sentencing delayed for N.S. sailboat captain found with stash of cocaine
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia sailboat captain who pleaded guilty to two drug charges after 250 kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in his vessel will be back in court next month. Jacques John Grenier ap...
Jan 25, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 25
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 25 --- PATRICK BROWN RESIGNS AS ONTARIO PC LEADER Ontario’s Opposition leader is stepping down amid allegations of sexual misconduct, dealing a severe ...
Jan 25, 2018
Baloney meter: Is Justin Trudeau's ethics breach a first in Canadian history?
OTTAWA - “Justin Trudeau broke the law. A first in Canadian history for any sitting Prime Minister.” - Tweet from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Jan. 5, 2018. ____ In December, Mary Da...
Jan 25, 2018
Police: Suspect took a cab to rob a West Virginia bank
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Police in West Virginia say a suspected bank robber was captured after taking a cab to the heist. Media outlets report 25-year-old Ryan Michael Stepanian was arrested in Monday&#...
Jan 25, 2018