Category Archives: Canadian Press
Atlanta braced for wintry weather, gets spritzed by rain
Atlanta got a mere spritzing of rain Tuesday, hours after a winter weather forecast prompted authorities to close government offices, shutter schools and cancel flights in anticipation of icy streets....
Jan 29, 2019
Ukraine's president announces re-election bid for March vote
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has launched his campaign for re-election in March’s vote, which promises to be a bitter contest between him and a former prime minister. Add...
Jan 29, 2019
Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder
TORONTO - A serial killer sexually assaulted many of his victims, all men from Toronto’s gay village, before murdering them and hiding their remains around a property where he worked as landscap...
Jan 29, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 29
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 29 --- CASE OF HUAWEI EXEC BACK IN VANCOUVER COURT The case of a senior executive of Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei Technologies is scheduled to return to c...
Jan 29, 2019
3-time major champion Andy Murray says he had hip operation
Andy Murray did have a second hip operation, after all, getting a metal implant one year after his first procedure on the joint. The three-time major champion posted a message Tuesday on Instagram say...
Jan 29, 2019
Liberals set to decide on future of Social Security Tribunal: sources
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers will soon decide whether and how to reform the oft-maligned tribunal Canadians use to appeal federal benefits rulings, potentially undoing changes made six years ago...
Jan 29, 2019
Canada has one month to decide whether to hold an extradition hearing for Meng
VANCOUVER - The clock is ticking for Canada to decide whether to proceed with a high-profile extradition case involving a senior executive of Huawei Technologies, which has touched off furor in diplom...
Jan 29, 2019
Feds to offer $114M in new money to provinces, cities for asylum seeker housing
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to spend an extra $114.7 million to help pay for temporary housing for asylum seekers - a sum Ontario’s government criticized as being hundreds of millions sho...
Jan 29, 2019
Mercy or monster? Some Humboldt Broncos families offer forgiveness, others anger
MELFORT, Sask. - As more families stood in court Tuesday to share stories of their unending grief over the dead and the injured in the Humboldt Broncos crash, there was talk of forgiveness but also of...
Jan 29, 2019
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL New Jersey 6 Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 3 Winnipeg 1 — NBA Charlotte 101 New York 92 Golden State 132 Indiana 100 Boston 112 Brooklyn 104 Denver 95 Memphis 92 Atlanta 123...
Jan 28, 2019