Category Archives: Canadian Press
PM nominates veteran lawyer Pierre Legault as Senate ethics watchdog
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is nominating a veteran government lawyer to be the new Senate ethics officer. Pierre Legault is a former associate deputy justice minister, the highest-ranked c...
Dec 8, 2017
Music streaming giants Spotify, Tencent invest in each other
STOCKHOLM - Swedish music streaming service Spotify and Chinese internet company Tencent have struck a deal to take minority stakes in each other. The companies said Friday they will acquire new share...
Dec 8, 2017
Canada's Osmond first after short program at skating Grand Prix finale
NAGOYA, Japan - Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond executed a near-perfect performance Friday to take first place in the women’s short program at the ISU Grand Prix Final figure skating event. The 22...
Dec 8, 2017
Text messages can be considered private even once received, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect the texts they send to remain private - at least in some cases - even after the messages reach their destination, the Supreme Court declared Friday in setting aside the f...
Dec 8, 2017
15 UN peacekeepers killed, over 50 hurt in Congo attack
KINSHASA, Congo - In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in nearly 25 years, rebels in eastern Congo killed 15 peacekeepers and wounded over 50 others in an assault on...
Dec 8, 2017
Like Trump, Moore breaking the rules of modern-day politics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - He has ignored all the rules of modern-day politics. He speaks unscripted. He skimps on fundraising. He undervalues get-out-the-vote efforts. And he attacks the leaders of his own p...
Dec 8, 2017
Ex-priest gets life in prison for 1960 parishioner slaying
EDINBURG, Texas - A jury on Friday sentenced an 85-year-old former priest to life in prison for the 1960 killing of a schoolteacher and former beauty queen who was a member of the parish he served. Th...
Dec 8, 2017
After cyberattack, much of county's business done on paper
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolina’s largest metro area was discovering just how hard it is to conduct business without county computers that handle numerous transactions on Thursday, a day after ...
Dec 8, 2017
Trump celebrates Hanukkah, Jerusalem at White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated an “especially special” Hanukkah at the White House, a day after declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital and setting off criti...
Dec 8, 2017
Oklahoma border town leery of planned bioterror test
NEWKIRK, Okla. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announcement that it was conducting biosecurity drills in the Oklahoma farming town of Newkirk was tucked among the local weekly newspaperR...
Dec 8, 2017