Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump's Clinton tweets cut against Comey firing explanation
WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump fired James Comey in May, he said he was acting on the recommendation of Justice Department leaders who had faulted the FBI director for releasing “derog...
Dec 27, 2017
Party control for Virginia up in air after contested race
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Which party will control Virginia’s House of Delegates next year remains far from certain after a Democratic candidate petitioned a court to declare her the winner of a race ...
Dec 27, 2017
911 calls show chaos of Washington state train derailment
SEATTLE - Whimpering in pain, bleeding from head injuries and dazed by the enormity of the crash, victims in the Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle begged 911 dispatchers for help and said ̶...
Dec 27, 2017
Thousands of Puerto Rico police owed overtime call in sick
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Thousands of police officers are calling in sick every day in Puerto Rico, partly to press demands for unpaid overtime pay for hurricane recovery efforts as concerns grow over ...
Dec 27, 2017
Brrr! After record snow, bitter cold ahead for northern US
ERIE, Pa. - Freezing temperatures and below-zero wind chills socked much of the northern United States on Wednesday, even setting a record in a Minnesota city so cold it’s called the Icebox of t...
Dec 27, 2017
Power mostly back at Disneyland after guests taken off rides
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Power was largely restored at Disneyland on Wednesday after an outage at the California theme park forced some guests to be escorted from stalled rides. A transformer problem caused ...
Dec 27, 2017
Supreme Court sets tentative hearing date for parents of boy in meningitis death
CALGARY - The Supreme Court of Canada has set a tentative hearing date for the parents of an Alberta toddler who were convicted after they failed to seek medical attention for their son who died of ba...
Dec 27, 2017
British Columbia court grants injunction to fish farm, ending protests
VANCOUVER - First Nations activists who lost a legal battle to continue protesting at a fish farm off British Columbia’s coast say the decision hasn’t dissuaded them from bringing an end t...
Dec 27, 2017
Stylist accused of giving man unwanted 'Stooges' hairdo
MADISON, Wis. - Police in Madison, Wisconsin, arrested a hairstylist after he gave a customer a very unwanted Larry Fine hairdo. Police spokesman Joel DeSpain says the 22-year-old victim told officers...
Dec 27, 2017
Group raises money to fund new home for survivor of Quebec City mosque shooting
MONTREAL - A fundraiser to find a new home for a man who lost use of his legs in the Quebec City mosque shooting earlier this year has reached almost half its goal. Aymen Derbali, a father of three, w...
Dec 27, 2017