Category Archives: Canadian Press
United, Chelsea rely on strokes of fortune in EPL
LIVERPOOL, England - Manchester United and Chelsea needed fortunate goals to maintain their status as the closest challengers to rampant leader Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturda...
Nov 25, 2017
Lebanese Druze leader calls on Iran and Saudi Arabia to talk
BEIRUT - A leading Lebanese politician is calling on Saudi Arabia to have a dialogue with Iran in order to reduce regional tensions. Druze leader Walid Jumblatt tweeted Saturday that the modernization...
Nov 25, 2017
Messi staying with Barcelona to 2021 after new contract
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona enjoyed a big win on Saturday without even playing. Lionel Messi finally put Barcelona and its fans at ease by signing a new contract that will keep the Argentine forward ...
Nov 25, 2017
Canada's McMorris returns to slopes with big air gold after devastating crash
BEIJING - Regina’s Mark McMorris made his triumphant reutrn to the slopes on Saturday, winning gold in the men’s big air competition at the Beijing World Cup. It was McMorris’s first...
Nov 25, 2017
Teenager detained at Canada border; grandmother found dead
MIAMI - U.S. Border patrol agents have detained a Florida teenager trying to enter Canada whom police want to interview in connection with the death of his grandmother. The Jacksonville Sheriff’...
Nov 25, 2017
Agreement in principle reached in class action against government alleging LGBTQ discrimination
OTTAWA - A lawyer says a group of people seeking to sue the government over alleged state-sanctioned persecution for their sexual orientation have reached an agreement in principle. Doug Elliott says ...
Nov 25, 2017
'We want Nunavut to shine:' Territory's new premier looks to the future
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The life story of Nunavut’s new premier reads like a modern history of the Inuit. But Paul Quassa says he wants to look forward, not back. “We want Nunavut to shine,R...
Nov 25, 2017
Supreme Court appeal in child's meningitis death could be dismissed from bench
CALGARY - Lawyers say just because parents convicted in the meningitis death of their toddler are taking their case to the Supreme Court that doesn’t mean they will get the privilege of a long d...
Nov 25, 2017
UBC develops new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has good news for anyone who’s been a little nervous about sinking their teeth into a juicy hamburger ever since horse meat was found in European b...
Nov 25, 2017
US cutting off its supply of arms to Kurds fighting in Syria
ANKARA, Turkey - The United States will cut off its supply of arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria, a move by President Donald Trump that is sure to please Turkey but further alienate Syrian Kurds who bo...
Nov 25, 2017