Category Archives: Canadian Press
Seattle moves ahead with arena remodel to attract NBA, NHL
Seattle is moving forward with efforts to renovate the aging city-owned KeyArena into a premier venue that could be ready for an NBA or NHL team within three years. The Seattle City Council on Monday ...
Dec 4, 2017
Box office top 20: 'Coco,' 'Justice League' stay on top
NEW YORK - With no major new releases hitting theatres, Pixar’s acclaimed “Coco” again topped the North American box office with $27.5 million in its second week of release, accordin...
Dec 4, 2017
CBC to launch ad-free paid streaming option as part of revamped TV app
TORONTO - CBC said Monday it plans to launch a paid version of a new CBC TV app that will let viewers watch programs without ads. The broadcaster said in a memo that the new app, which will also be av...
Dec 4, 2017
Director Bryan Singer departs Queen biopic mid-production
LOS ANGELES - Director Bryan Singer has left the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the middle of production. A representative for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. says Monday that Singer...
Dec 4, 2017
Ventura glad legal battle against 'American Sniper' is over
MINNEAPOLIS - Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura denounced the late “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle on Monday as an “American Liar” and said he feels vindicated in his fiv...
Dec 4, 2017
Woman: Video on porn sites shows her in Forever 21 restroom
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Retailer Forever 21 says it’s investigating who’s responsible for secretly filming one of its workers in an employee restroom and how the footage ended up on pornographi...
Dec 4, 2017
Quebec government outlines $36.4 million plan to help struggling news industry
MONTREAL - The Quebec government released details Monday on how it plans to spend $36.4 million over five years to help the province’s struggling print media. Print news media will have until Ja...
Dec 4, 2017
The assault on Mueller: six ways Russia investigation is under attack
WASHINGTON - As its trail of arrests gets closer to U.S. President Donald Trump, the Russia investigation is facing a multi-front assault. The attacks have ramped up following news that Trump’s ...
Dec 4, 2017
Prosecutors: Manafort wrote op-ed with colleague in Russia
WASHINGTON - In an attempt to burnish his public image and leave no fingerprints behind, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort recently enlisted a longtime colleague “asses...
Dec 4, 2017
Health Canada branch shipped to new Indigenous Services Department
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott has officially been given responsibility for overseeing the delivery of First Nations and Inuit health services. The federal government says the Fir...
Dec 4, 2017