Category Archives: Canadian Press
AP Exclusive: Climate change hits Winter Olympic preparation
SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - The athletes’ half-hour commute in the Swiss Alps - up two gondolas, then through a tunnel in the world’s highest underground train to a glacier at 11,000 feet - se...
Dec 18, 2017
Prince Harry interviews Obama for radio show
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Harry has interviewed Barack Obama for a radio program in which the former U.S. president shared his memories of the day he left office and his hopes for the future. Ke...
Dec 18, 2017
MSNBC paid woman who said Chris Matthews harassed her
A spokesman for MSNBC on Sunday confirmed a report that a staffer at the news channel nearly two decades ago had been paid and left her job after she complained she was sexually harassed by “Har...
Dec 18, 2017
Smiley claims PBS made mistake in ouster, but PBS fires back
NEW YORK - Tavis Smiley has defended himself from allegations he had sexual relationships with subordinates and created an abusive workplace environment, denying any wrongdoing and saying PBS made a m...
Dec 18, 2017
Lawyers make closing arguments at Garnier second-degree murder trial
HALIFAX - A prosecutor asked the jury deciding the fate of accused murderer Christopher Garnier to sit in silence for two minutes Monday, reaffirming the minimum length of time it would have taken to ...
Dec 18, 2017
Airlines inch back to normalcy after airport blackout
ATLANTA - The nation’s air-travel system struggled to get back on schedule and re-book stranded passengers Monday after a fire and blackout at the world’s busiest airport forced the cancel...
Dec 18, 2017
Closing arguments expected in trial of man charged with killing off-duty officer
HALIFAX - Lawyers are expected to make closing arguments today in the high-profile murder trial of a Halifax man charged with killing off-duty police officer Catherine Campbell. The Crown alleges Chri...
Dec 18, 2017
Halifax fire chief issues apology for systemic gender discrimination
Halifax’s fire chief apologized to all female firefighters who suffered systemic gender discrimination in the city, during a formal, negotiated apology to one former firefighter who won a settle...
Dec 18, 2017
Fire officials say lit menorah sparked fatal Hanukkah blaze
NEW YORK - A fire that roared through a Brooklyn home on the sixth night of Hanukkah, killing a mother and her three young children, was touched off by the family’s menorah, fire officials said....
Dec 18, 2017
Following Trump's report, China urges US to accept its rise
BEIJING - The Chinese government on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to label Beijing a strategic rival and called on Washington to “abandon a Cold War mentality&#...
Dec 18, 2017