Category Archives: Canadian Press
Papua New Guinea officials remove last refugees from camp
CANBERRA, Australia - Papua New Guinea authorities said Friday they had relocated the last asylum seekers who had refused for three weeks to leave a closed immigration camp for fear they would face vi...
Nov 22, 2017
Stampeders return to Grey Cup looking to avenge last year's stunning loss.
OTTAWA - Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders have a shot at Grey Cup redemption. Calgary returns to the CFL title game a year after suffering a stunning 39-33 overtime loss to the underdog Ott...
Nov 22, 2017
Correction: Border Patrol-Agent Dies story
EL PASO, Texas - In a story Nov. 22 about a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was injured in a Nov. 18 incident being released from a hospital, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a U.S. officia...
Nov 22, 2017
California governor pardons man following advanced DNA test
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 70-year-old California man convicted nearly four decades ago of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old son walked out of prison Wednesday after DNA tests showed he was wro...
Nov 22, 2017
Trump SoHo to shed 'Trump' amid reports of sagging business
NEW YORK - The Trump SoHo hotel is dropping the name it shares with the U.S. president. The Trump Organization said Wednesday that it is ending its licensing deal with the New York hotel amid reports ...
Nov 22, 2017
White House: Cohn didn't fake bad reception on Trump call
WASHINGTON - The White House is disputing a Democratic senator’s claim that top economic adviser Gary Cohn faked bad reception to get President Donald Trump off the phone. Delaware Sen. Tom Carp...
Nov 22, 2017
Deputy films mother bear, 2 cubs at California shopping mall
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Three bears rummaging through trash cans outside a Tahoe City shopping mall are becoming a social media sensation after a Northern California deputy caught them on video . Placer ...
Nov 22, 2017
Federal judge blocks Texas ban of common abortion procedure
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a new Texas law seeking to ban a commonly used abortion method, the latest in a string of court defeats to the Legislature’s attempts to make...
Nov 22, 2017
Witness testifies he sold Dellen Millard a gun days before Laura Babcock vanished
TORONTO - A witness at a murder trial says he sold one of the accused a gun days before a young Toronto woman vanished. Matthew Ward-Jackson says he pleaded guilty to the gun transaction with Dellen M...
Nov 22, 2017
Alberta man recants confession made to undercover RCMP about family's murder
RED DEER, Alta. - A central Alberta man accused of killing his parents and sister says he was lying when he confessed to an undercover RCMP officer that he helped plan their deaths. Jason Klaus was te...
Nov 22, 2017