Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian women finish the year unchanged at No. 5 in FIFA world soccer rankings
TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team will finish the year unchanged in fifth place in the FIFA world rankings. But there was change around John Herdman’s side as Australia and France...
Dec 15, 2017
Germany's Social Democrats to talk with Merkel on new gov't
BERLIN - Leaders of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats agreed Friday to enter exploratory talks on joining or supporting a new government under Chancellor Angela Merkel, moving unprecedented...
Dec 15, 2017
Survey: New York manufacturers grows at slightly slower pace
WASHINGTON - Factories in New York State grew more slowly this month as shipments rose and new orders slipped. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday that its Empire State Manufacturing inde...
Dec 15, 2017
Eminem to host pop-up with 'mom's spaghetti' on the menu
DETROIT - Rapper Eminem is hosting a promotional event in Detroit in the style of a pop-up restaurant with a menu featuring “mom’s spaghetti.” Eminem touted the Friday event at the S...
Dec 15, 2017
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry May 19
LONDON - Kensington Palace says the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be held on May 19. The palace announced the date Friday and confirmed the ceremony will take place in St. George̵...
Dec 15, 2017
Charges dropped against one of three British sailors accused in sex assault case
HALIFAX - Charges have been dropped against one of three British sailors accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Nova Scotia military base in 2015. The Crown told Nova Supreme Court on Thursday th...
Dec 15, 2017
Russia to resume flights to Egypt, halted after 2015 bombing
MOSCOW - Russia and Egypt signed a deal on Friday to resume flights between Moscow and the Egyptian capital of Cairo starting from February, after more than a two-year break, officials announced. Mosc...
Dec 15, 2017
In the news today, Dec. 15
Five stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 15 --- JASON KENNEY CRUISES TO BYELECTION WIN Jason Kenney, the former federal cabinet minister who now leads Alberta’s United Conservative Party, won a...
Dec 15, 2017
Moose calves rescued in northern B.C. are 'golden nuggets:' researcher
After months of bottle-feedings and curfews, a pair of moose calves rescued in northern British Columbia are thriving and giving hope for other orphaned wildlife in the region. Roy Rea, an instructor ...
Dec 15, 2017
Plane that crashed in Saskatchewan left long wreckage path across ground: TSB
FOND DU LAC, Sask. - Investigators say a passenger plane that crashed in northern Saskatchewan left a path of wreckage almost a quarter of a kilometre long through trees and across the ground. All 25 ...
Dec 15, 2017