Category Archives: Canadian Press
Congress averts shutdown, sends Trump stopgap spending bill
WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday passed a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend and buy time for challenging talks on a wide range of unfinished business on Capitol Hill...
Dec 7, 2017
Tents considered blessing for homeless in San Diego
SAN DIEGO - Christine Wade found a haven in the tent she shared with six children, pitched in an asphalt parking lot. It was, at least, far better than their previous home in the city, a shelter where...
Dec 7, 2017
Wildfire destroys mobile homes in California retirement park
FALLBROOK, Calif. - A brush fire driven by gusty winds that have plagued Southern California all week exploded rapidly Thursday north of San Diego, destroying dozens of mobile homes in a retirement co...
Dec 7, 2017
Putin undecided whether to run as an independent or not
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has not decided yet whether to run for office next year as an independent candidate or secure support from the ruling party, his spokesman said Thursday. The ...
Dec 7, 2017
Ex-DJ says $1 payment to Taylor Swift sent by mail last week
DENVER - A former radio DJ who was ordered to pay a symbolic $1 to Taylor Swift for groping her at a photo op says he mailed her a Sacagawea coin last week. David Mueller provided a letter to The Asso...
Dec 7, 2017
Locals upset with 'Village of the Damned' TV series
DRYDEN, N.Y. - Residents and officials in a picturesque upstate New York town aren’t pleased with the way their community is portrayed in a cable television series titled “Village of the D...
Dec 7, 2017
As pot becomes legal, parallels drawn to the waning days of alcohol prohibition
COLEMAN, Alta. - A notorious 1922 police shooting in southwestern Alberta and the sensational trial that followed caused many to wonder whether enforcing alcohol prohibition was worth the trouble. Alb...
Dec 7, 2017
Applications for US jobless benefits drop again to 236,000
WASHINGTON - The number of unemployed workers filing for jobless benefits fell by 2,000 last week to 236,000, the lowest level in five weeks and further evidence of the strength in the labour market. ...
Dec 7, 2017
Riccardo Chailly opens La Scala with 'Andrea Chernier'
MILAN - To prepare for the gala season opener of La Scala Thursday, music director Riccardo Chailly said he had to start nearly from scratch with the orchestra to bring to the stage Umberto Giordano&#...
Dec 7, 2017
GE cuts 12K power jobs as demand, renewables, skew market
NEWARK, N.J. - General Electric Co. will cut 12,000 jobs in its power division as alternative energy supplants demand for coal and other fossil fuels, and energy demand declines overall. The company s...
Dec 7, 2017