Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau names new senators for Nova Scotia, Manitoba
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed new senators for Nova Scotia and Manitoba. Mary Coyle, a champion of women’s leadership, gender equality and the rights of Indigenous Peoples...
Dec 4, 2017
Indian tycoon calls money-laundering accusations 'baseless'
LONDON - Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya insisted Monday that he was innocent of money-laundering accusations Monday after the evacuation of a London court building forced him to face a swarm of journalist...
Dec 4, 2017
Meek Mill lawyers seek judge's removal, citing FBI probe
PHILADELPHIA - Meek Mill’s lawyers are renewing their call for the Philadelphia judge who sentenced him to step aside, saying “there was an FBI investigation” into her conduct and th...
Dec 4, 2017
US to resume interviews for nonimmigrant visas across Russia
MOSCOW - The U.S. Embassy in Moscow says consulates in several Russian cities will resume interviews for nonimmigrant visas, more than three months after they were suspended amid a U.S.-Russian diplom...
Dec 4, 2017
IOC weighs Russian Olympic ban, risks provoking Putin
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia could be banned from competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics, a prospect that President Vladimir Putin has already warned would be humiliating for his country. The decisio...
Dec 4, 2017
Supreme Court taking up sports betting case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could make sports betting widely available. The case the justices are hearing Monday is a result of New Jersey’s yearslong effort to bring...
Dec 4, 2017
Unionized shipyard workers vote to give bargaining committee strike mandate
HALIFAX - Hundreds of unionized workers at the Halifax Shipyard have voted overwhelmingly to give their bargaining committee a strike mandate. A statement from Unifor Local 1 says about 700 of the 800...
Dec 4, 2017
South Carolina's first black chief justice dead at 86
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ernest Finney, South Carolina’s first African-American chief justice, died Sunday. He was 86. South Carolina Deputy Supreme Court Clerk Brenda Shealy confirmed Finney’s de...
Dec 4, 2017
Closing arguments in case of Montrealers charged with terror-related charges
MONTREAL - Jurors hearing final arguments at the trial of two young Montrealers facing terror-related charges were cautioned by the Crown on Monday to consider the evidence as a whole as they inch tow...
Dec 4, 2017
Markets Right Now: Solid gains for US stocks in early trade
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening solidly higher on Wall Street following more deal news and progress on the Republican tax overhaul plan ...
Dec 4, 2017