Category Archives: Canadian Press
Uber investors sell at big discount, but still make billions
DETROIT - Investors in the Uber ride-hailing service didn’t get all they wanted in selling at least part of their holdings to a group led by Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank. But don...
Jan 2, 2018
US soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan
KABUL - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed fighting in eastern Afghanistan. A military statement issued Tuesday said four other soldiers were wounded in the Jan. 1 battle in th...
Jan 2, 2018
South Dakota trooper: Body found in blanket after car chase
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Highway Patrol officials found a dead woman wrapped in a blanket in an SUV stopped after a high-speed chase with a drunken driver from California, a trooper said in a court...
Jan 2, 2018
Trump's Irish resort loses money for third consecutive year
NEW YORK - Donald Trump has lost money for a third year in a row at his golf club in Ireland. Financial statements filed with the Irish government show the president’s resort on the island’...
Jan 2, 2018
Border watchdog plan greeted warily by advocates of stronger review
OTTAWA - A federally commissioned blueprint for a new watchdog to review Canada’s border agency has some worried it lacks the necessary bite to ensure true accountability. A report produced for ...
Jan 2, 2018
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Jan. 2 --- MPS NOT IMMUNE TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, SURVEY SUGGESTS: There have long been obstacles in the path of women seeking to succeed in politics - and som...
Jan 2, 2018
Court won't rehear defamation case against Bill Cosby
BOSTON - A federal appeals court won’t rehear a defamation lawsuit filed against Bill Cosby by a woman who said he raped her decades ago. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently denied Ka...
Jan 2, 2018
TD's online brokerage service faces outage as customers complain on social media
TORONTO - Some Toronto-Dominion Bank customers are having problems using its WebBroker internet brokerage service and taking to social media with their complaints. Several Twitter and Facebook users a...
Jan 2, 2018
DeRozan says it was a series of experiences that have led to "superstar" status
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan’s road to superstardom was built on experiences. A day after scoring a franchise-record 52 points on Milwaukee, a brilliant performance on an array of shots that earned h...
Jan 2, 2018
Ex-hostage Joshua Boyle arrested, charged with sex assault, forcible confinement
A Canadian man recently freed with his wife and young children after years of being held hostage in Afghanistan has been charged with at least a dozen offences, including sexual assault, his lawyer sa...
Jan 2, 2018