Category Archives: Canadian Press
5 die in crash of plane, helicopter over Italian glacier
MILAN - A midair collision between a small tourist airplane and a helicopter carrying skiers to a glacier in the northwestern Italian region of Val d’Aosta killed five people Friday, Italy’...
Jan 25, 2019
Greek lawmakers ratify Macedonia name-change deal
ATHENS, Greece - Greek lawmakers ratified an agreement Friday to end a nearly three decade-long dispute over neighbouring Macedonia’s name, in a landmark vote that will see the small country ren...
Jan 25, 2019
Civil rights museum reoffers honour to Angela Davis
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama civil rights museum reversed course after a public outcry and reinstated a human rights award to activist Angela Davis that it had previously rescinded, the organization ...
Jan 25, 2019
Columbus settling suit by pair arrested with Stormy Daniels
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on a settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by two women arrested along with adult film actress Stormy Daniels at a strip club las...
Jan 25, 2019
Roughriders look internally, hire Craig Dickenson as new head coach
REGINA - Jeremy O’Day didn’t have to look far to find a new head coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and ensure an easy transition with free agency starting in just over two weeks. The ...
Jan 25, 2019
U.S. hunters use duck hunting ruse to bag illegal quarry in Canada: ministry
REGINA - Several charges related to illegal hunting in Saskatchewan have been laid against two men from Missouri who were found guilty last month in one of that state’s largest deer-poaching cas...
Jan 25, 2019
As U.S. air travel stalls, Trump agrees to halt shutdown temporarily
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sounded a full retreat Friday in his border-wall war with Congress, agreeing to a three-week pause in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history just as the im...
Jan 25, 2019
RCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
KINGSTON, Ont. - The RCMP have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, saying the person - who cannot be identified - allegedly tried to persuade someone to plant a bomb. A second individual, who cam...
Jan 25, 2019
Sundance is homecoming for Julianne Moore and husband
PARK CITY, Utah - For director Bart Freundlich and Julianne Moore, having their film “After the Wedding” premiere opening at the Sundance Film Festival holds a special significance. Moore ...
Jan 25, 2019
'Restore and rebuild Waterton:' $21M from Ottawa for fire- damaged national park
CALGARY - Ottawa is spending almost $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta bounce back from a destructive wildfire that scorched nearly 40 per cent of it. “This...
Jan 25, 2019