Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa says Ontario's call to drop retaliatory tariffs would mean 'surrender'
TORONTO - Ottawa dismissed a call from Ontario’s economic development minister Monday to drop retaliatory tariffs against the United States, saying doing so would mean “unilateral surrende...
Feb 04, 2019
'Young and the Restless' actor Kristoff St. John dead at 52
LOS ANGELES - Kristoff St. John, who played the struggling alcoholic and ladies’ man Neil Winters for 27 years on “Young and the Restless ,” has died. He was 52. Los Angeles police w...
Feb 04, 2019
Calgary's Jaclyn Lee ready for first LPGA Tour event as a professional
It took weeks for Jaclyn Lee to really absorb that she had become a professional golfer. The Canadian announced she was joining the LPGA Tour on Dec. 7 but it wasn’t until classes at Ohio State ...
Feb 04, 2019
'Clemency,' 'One Child Nation' take top Sundance jury prizes
PARK CITY, Utah - A fiction film about a prison warden on death row duty and a documentary about the generations affected by China’s’ one-child policy have won the top jury awards at the 2...
Feb 04, 2019
Alfonso Cuaron wins Directors Guild award for 'Roma'
LOS ANGELES - “Roma” director Alfonso Cuaron has won the top honour from the Directors Guild of America and solidified his spot as the Oscar front-runner. Cuaron won out over Spike Lee for...
Feb 04, 2019
'Glass' stays at No. 1, while 'Miss Bala' opens in third
LOS ANGELES - With the distraction of the Super Bowl, freezing temperatures affecting large portions of North America and only one big new release in theatres in “Miss Bala,” movie going a...
Feb 04, 2019
Dozens of animals die in fire at Florida wildlife sanctuary
ORLANDO, Fla. - Firefighters say dozens of animals are dead following a fire at a central Florida animal sanctuary. Orange County Fire Rescue officials posted on Twitter that the fire broke out early ...
Feb 04, 2019
Super Bowl ad winners: Bud Light, Amazon
NEW YORK - This year some of the Super Bowl ads that grabbed the greatest buzz were surprises, like Bud Light’s “Game of Thrones” teaser. Other crowd-pleasers focused on humour, like...
Feb 04, 2019
Detained Canadian Kovrig gets third consular visit in China since his arrest
OTTAWA - The federal government says Canadian Michael Kovrig has received his third meeting with consular officials since his December arrest in China on allegations of endangering Chinese national se...
Feb 04, 2019
Iran's revolutionaries have mixed feelings, 40 years later
TEHRAN, Iran - Forty years after he defected from the shah’s Imperial Guard to join the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Reza Tajik, like many Iranians from that time, looks back wistfully at the yo...
Feb 04, 2019