Category Archives: Canadian Press
Liberal government launched Phoenix with 'no oversight' in place; Qualtrough
OTTAWA - The estimated cost of stabilizing Phoenix, the federal government’s snafu-stricken civil service pay system, has already exceeded $600 million and will likely continue to climb, the min...
Nov 28, 2017
Trump's 'Pocahontas' jab at Navajo event draws blowback
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Families of Native American war veterans and politicians of both major parties are criticizing President Donald Trump for using a White House event honouring Navajo Code Talkers to ...
Nov 28, 2017
2 battle for control over US consumer watchdog
WASHINGTON - The battle between two supposed directors of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making for compelling optics but only seems to be delaying a tidal shift at the powerful consumer ...
Nov 28, 2017
Worst US nightclub fire influences safety codes, burn care
BOSTON - In the blink of an eye the Cocoanut Grove - one of Boston’s swankiest nightclubs - became an unimaginable inferno, trapping hundreds of panicked victims as they jammed the club’s ...
Nov 28, 2017
GOP shoves tax overhaul ahead; shutdown still a threat
WASHINGTON - Republicans held together and shoved their signature tax overhaul a crucial step ahead Tuesday as wavering GOP senators showed a growing openness. But its fate remained uncertain, and a p...
Nov 28, 2017
AP Was There: Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 492
EDITOR’S NOTE - The flames began, witnesses said, in or around an artificial palm tree in a downstairs lounge of a Boston nightclub full of an estimated 1,000 people. It took less than two minut...
Nov 28, 2017
Peru's abundant ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization
LIMA, Peru - From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ag...
Nov 28, 2017
Trump renewing his complaint about kneeling NFL players
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is renewing his complaints about NFL players who kneel during the national anthem. Players have been kneeling to protest racism and police brutality, particularly t...
Nov 28, 2017
2 Russian athletes disqualified from Olympics for doping
MOSCOW - The Russian track and field federation says two more of its athletes have been disqualified from the Olympics for doping. The federation says relay medallist Yulia Gushchina and long jumper A...
Nov 28, 2017
Jay-Z leads Grammy noms with 8 as rap, R&B take centre stage
NEW YORK - Jay-Z is the leader of the 2018 Grammy Award nominations in a year where the top four categories are heavily dominated by rap and R&B artists, giving the often overlooked genres a stron...
Nov 28, 2017