Category Archives: Canadian Press
Queen's bra-fitter says book cost company royal warrant
LONDON - The former owner of a firm that made lingerie for Queen Elizabeth II wept Thursday as she expressed regret that the company lost its royal warrant after her memoir disclosed details of a meet...
Jan 11, 2018
German TV apologizes over age error in refugee romance film
BERLIN - A German TV station has apologized after revising the age of a Syrian refugee featured in a documentary about a teenage romance. Children’s channel Kika came under fire this week for in...
Jan 11, 2018
Florida mom accused of leaving tots alone with dogs, shotgun
OAK HILL, Fla. - Investigators say a 3-year-old girl called 911 and even though the dispatcher couldn’t understand her, deputies were able to find her and a younger boy who had been left alone a...
Jan 11, 2018
Ontario truck driver charged in Quebec in connection with fatal hit and run
MONTREAL - A truck driver from Brampton, Ont., is facing four charges related to a fatal hit and run south of Montreal last August. Harmandeep Singh, 23, was charged Thursday with hit and run after ca...
Jan 11, 2018
Walmart boosts starting pay, closing dozens of Sam's Clubs
NEW YORK - Walmart confirmed Thursday that it is closing dozens of Sam’s Club warehouse stores across the country - a move that seems sure to cost jobs - on the same day it announced that it was...
Jan 11, 2018
Iconic Sam the Record Man sign shines again in Toronto after more than a decade
Toronto’s iconic Sam the Record Man sign is shining again a month after crews installed it at its new home above a busy downtown hub. The sign, featuring two enormous spinning discs on a red bac...
Jan 11, 2018
YouTube limits Logan Paul vlog due to apparent suicide post
TOKYO - YouTube has removed blogger Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred and will not feature him in the new season of “Foursome.” The company said in a statement Thursday tha...
Jan 11, 2018
Baloney Meter: will Liberal carbon tax really mean paying more for everything?
OTTAWA - “All Canadians can now expect to pay more for everything.” - Conservative party fundraising email — As Canadians shivered through a brutal cold snap in recent weeks, anyone ...
Jan 11, 2018
Exhibit of plastinated human corpses opens without controversy at Halifax museum
HALIFAX - An exhibition of plastinated human cadavers that has raised controversy elsewhere is being met with support, not protest, at its first stop east of Montreal, the Nova Scotia Museum of Natura...
Jan 11, 2018
German economy grew in 2017 at fastest pace in 6 years
BERLIN - The German economy accelerated last year to grow by 2.2 per cent, putting in its strongest performance for six years thanks primarily to increasing demand at home, official data showed Thursd...
Jan 11, 2018