Category Archives: Canadian Press
Eurovision winner Sobral has successful heart transplant
LISBON, Portugal - Eurovision Song Contest winner Salvador Sobral has left a Portuguese hospital after a successful heart transplant. The Santa Cruz Hospital near Lisbon says the 28-year-old Portugues...
Jan 12, 2018
Core inflation jumped a sharp 0.3 per cent in December
WASHINGTON - Overall U.S. consumer prices rose a scant 0.1 per cent in December, slowed by falling energy prices. But a closely watched gauge called core inflation - which excludes the volatile catego...
Jan 12, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 12
Eight stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 12 --- ANOTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR QUITS MMIW INQUIRY The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has lost another executive director. Th...
Jan 12, 2018
Italy ex-leader Berlusconi backs Deneuve on male courtship
ROME - Italian ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi, known for his “bunga bunga” parties and fondness for younger women, is praising Catherine Deneuve for warning against a courtship backlash foll...
Jan 12, 2018
Gun owner imprisoned after toddler shoots out daughter's eye
OMAHA, Neb. - An Omaha man has been sent to prison after a toddler found the man’s loaded weapon and shot his 18-month-old daughter in the face. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 22-year-old M...
Jan 12, 2018
Wannabe rabbit and cat cuddlers inundate City of Toronto with applications
Toronto Animal Services says it has been overwhelmed by responses to its call for rabbit and cat cuddlers and is no longer looking for volunteers - for now. The city has ongoing volunteer opportunitie...
Jan 12, 2018
Cybersecurity firm: US Senate in Russian hackers' crosshairs
PARIS - The same Russian government-aligned hackers who penetrated the Democratic Party have spent the past few months laying the groundwork for an espionage campaign against the U.S. Senate, a cybers...
Jan 12, 2018
Butcher trapped in freezer uses sausage to bash his way out
LONDON - A British butcher who got locked in a freezer says he was saved by a frozen sausage that he used as a battering ram. Chris McCabe says he became trapped in the walk-in freezer at his shop in ...
Jan 12, 2018
Leafs give away points before bye week, looking for strong push upon return
TORONTO - Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly is thankful for Toronto’s bye week, perhaps more than others in the dressing room. Toronto started its five-day break on Thursday on the heels of b...
Jan 12, 2018
The Latest: Trump defends remarks about Africa, Haiti
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Trump and immigration (all times local): 8 p.m. President Donald Trump has privately defended his remarks disparaging Haitians and African countries, saying he was...
Jan 12, 2018