Category Archives: Canadian Press
Israel intercepts Gaza rocket, retaliates with tank fire
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said it intercepted a rocket launched at Israel from the Gaza Strip late Monday, a few hours after Israel bombed Hamas military positions in retaliation for rocket fir...
Dec 11, 2017
Report: Firm buying Revel casino for $200M; Straub denies it
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A Wall Street ratings firm said Monday that a Colorado company is buying Atlantic City’s former Revel casino for $200 million, but the mercurial owner of the shuttered casi...
Dec 11, 2017
After false alarm back in 2016, Kei Kamara finally a member of the Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Kei Kamara turned up at the Columbus Crew’s practice facility in May 2016 convinced he was set to join the Vancouver Whitecaps. Social media was buzzing with rumours the striker woul...
Dec 11, 2017
Crown finished calling witnesses in trial of alleged Winnipeg letter bomber
WINNIPEG - The Crown has finished calling witnesses in the trial of an alleged Winnipeg letter bomber. Guido Amsel has pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and to various explosives-r...
Dec 11, 2017
Canadian star Atiba Hutchinson and Besiktas get tough Champions League draw
Atiba Hutchinson says he gets goose bumps when he walks out to the Champions League anthem. And the blood will likely be pumping double-time in February when the veteran Canadian midfielder and his Tu...
Dec 11, 2017
British champ Saunders goads Canada's Lemieux ahead of title fight
MONTREAL - British boxing champion Billy Joe Saunders has promised to give Canadian challenger David Lemieux a peck on the cheek. But only after he beats Lemieux in their World Boxing Organization tit...
Dec 11, 2017
Uber charges Toronto customer more than $18,000 for short downtown ride
TORONTO - Uber is apologizing to a customer who was charged more than $18,000 for a short ride in downtown Toronto. Photos posted on social media over the weekend showed that an Uber rider was billed ...
Dec 11, 2017
Suspended sentence for Saskatchewan man who threatened prime minister Trudeau
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan man will not have to spend any time in jail for threatening on social media to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Derek Hurrell, who is 34 and from Borden, Sask., was given...
Dec 11, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 11 --- PROVINCES TO GET 75% OF POT TAXES, MORNEAU SAYS: The federal government has agreed to give the provinces and territories a 75 per cent share of th...
Dec 11, 2017
Polar bear capital of the world debating sale of legalized marijuana
WINNIPEG - The northern Manitoba town known as the polar bear capital of the world may be remote, but it’s dealing with the same issue as many of the province’s municipalities - whether ca...
Dec 11, 2017