Category Archives: Canadian Press

Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay lead ACM nominations
NASHVILLE - Chris Stapleton and Dan + Shay lead the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations each while Grammy album of the year winner Kacey Musgraves comes in with five nominations....
Feb 20, 2019

Missing snowshoer found dead in avalanche debris on Vancouver's North Shore
VANCOUVER - Searchers discovered the body of a missing snowshoer in avalanche debris on Vancouver’s North Shore on Wednesday, two days after he was swept away. Peter Haigh of North Shore Rescue ...
Feb 20, 2019
Costume Designers Guild honours Ruth E. Carter, Glenn Close
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ruth E. Carter may be receiving Oscar recognition for her costume designer work on “Black Panther,” but she told a packed room at the Costume Guild Awards on Tuesda...
Feb 20, 2019

Italy becomes ninth international football league to join forces with CFL
TORONTO - Add Italy to the growing list of international football federations working with the CFL. The Federazione Italiana di American Football (FIDAF) and the CFL announced they will team up in a p...
Feb 20, 2019
Weinstein seeks speedy appeal of sex trafficking ruling
NEW YORK - A judge who ruled an aspiring actress can use sex trafficking laws to sue Harvey Weinstein seemed reluctant at a hearing Wednesday to let his decision be appealed before trial. U.S. Distric...
Feb 20, 2019
Gory details emerge about missing woman's suspected demise
DENVER - After months of mostly silence from authorities investigating the disappearance of a Colorado mother on Thanksgiving Day, grim details about her suspected demise emerged this week, including ...
Feb 20, 2019
UK's May, EU chief call latest Brexit talks 'constructive'
BRUSSELS - After the resignations of three of her party’s lawmakers over Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May came away from more talks on preventing the U.K. from crashing out of the Euro...
Feb 20, 2019
US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts
MARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Calif. - Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high...
Feb 20, 2019
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
EILAT, Israel - As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope: The corals of the northern Red Sea may survive, and e...
Feb 20, 2019
Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from ...
Feb 20, 2019