Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau arrives at Davos to pitch investment opportunities in Canada
ZURICH - Justin Trudeau arrived in Switzerland on Monday to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he will try to persuade the world’s richest to invest in Canada and uphol...
Jan 22, 2018
Officials: 5 missing, fire out after Oklahoma rig explosion
QUINTON, Okla. - Five people are missing after a fiery explosion ripped through an eastern Oklahoma drilling rig on Monday, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and leaving a derrick crumpled on...
Jan 22, 2018
Rogers Media cuts ties with Vice Canada, pulls Viceland TV channel off the air
Boundary-pushing TV channel Viceland is slated to cease broadcasting as of March 31, as Rogers Media Inc. and Vice Canada end their three-year-old, $100-million partnership. Rogers said in a statement...
Jan 22, 2018
N.L. athlete admits to killing man, but argues she is not criminally responsible
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A former top Newfoundland athlete charged with first-degree murder has admitted to killing a man with a hammer. But the judge in the case says a lawyer for 30-year-old Anne No...
Jan 22, 2018
Police search for man accused of assaulting, abducting woman in N.S.
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Police appealed for the public’s help Monday in finding a man accused of assaulting and kidnapping a woman in a New Glasgow, N.S., parking lot. The woman was in her Dodge Dur...
Jan 22, 2018
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran receiver Carter to contract extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed receiver Duron Carter to a one-year contract extension Monday. The six-foot-five, 205-pound Carter, a CFL all-star last season, was scheduled to become a f...
Jan 22, 2018
Schumer's moment: Shutdown puts spotlight on Dem leader
WASHINGTON - For Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is the face of the government shutdown. For immigration advocates, he’s their best hope. Perhaps the most powerful Democrat in ...
Jan 22, 2018
End to shutdown in sight as Senate breaks Dem filibuster
WASHINGTON - Congress sped toward reopening the government Monday, as Senate Democrats dropped their objections to a temporary funding bill in return for assurances from Republicans leaders that they ...
Jan 22, 2018
Liberia swears in ex-soccer star George Weah as new leader
MONROVIA, Liberia - Former international soccer star George Weah was sworn in as Liberia’s new president Monday, taking over the impoverished West African nation from Africa’s first female...
Jan 22, 2018
'Executed' North Korean pop diva takes Olympic spotlight
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Just a few years ago, she was reportedly executed by a North Korean firing squad. Now, Pyongyang’s top pop diva is a senior ruling party...
Jan 22, 2018