Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pearl Harbor survivors in their 90s attend solemn ceremony
HONOLULU - Survivors gathered Thursday at the site of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to remember fellow servicemen killed in the early morning raid 76 years ago, paying homage to the thousands wh...
Dec 7, 2017
Canucks acquire forward Nic Dowd from Kings for defenceman Jordan Subban.
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Nic Dowd from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for defenceman Jordan Subban. The deal was announced late Thursday evening, shortly after Vancou...
Dec 7, 2017
2 Australians jailed in brutal slaying of Aboriginal woman
SYDNEY, Australia - A judge on Friday sentenced a man to at least 14 years in prison for the slaying of an Aboriginal woman who bled to death from a violent sexual assault on a remote beach, closing a...
Dec 7, 2017
South Korea mulling ways to curb craze for bitcoins
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean is studying ways to regulate speculative trading in crypto currencies as the latest surge in prices stokes a craze over bitcoins. The country’s financial...
Dec 7, 2017
Kings beat Senators for 7th straight win
LOS ANGELES - Drew Doughty and the Los Angeles Kings are a veteran team on a roll. Overtime against the struggling Ottawa Senators certainly wasn’t going to faze them. Doughty scored 32 seconds ...
Dec 7, 2017
Peru prosecutors raid offices of Keiko Fujimori's party
LIMA, Peru - Prosecutors raided two offices of Peru’s main opposition party on Thursday as part of an investigation of alleged money laundering by the campaign of losing presidential candidate K...
Dec 7, 2017
Bitcoin soars then falls back; banks raise risk concerns
NEW YORK - Even by bitcoin standards, Thursday was a wild ride. With a few hours, the volatile digital currency surged above $19,000, dropped back below $16,000, and then see-sawed before settling in ...
Dec 7, 2017
Bought a $450M painting? In NY, don't worry about the tax
New York collects sales tax on even the smallest items, but it probably won’t collect a cent on a nearly half-billion dollar painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The Italian Renaissance artist’s...
Dec 7, 2017
Elite thoroughbred race horses killed in California wildfire
SAN DIEGO - Hundreds of elite thoroughbred race horses sprinted away from flames Thursday as one of California’s major wildfires tore through a training centre in San Diego County. Not all made ...
Dec 7, 2017
Geoffrey Rush sues Sydney newspaper over theatre story
CANBERRA, Australia - Geoffrey Rush is suing a Sydney newspaper for defamation over its reporting of an actress’s complaint against the Oscar-winning actor of “inappropriate behaviour.R...
Dec 7, 2017