Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kenya court orders 6 suspects held over Nairobi hotel attack
NAIROBI, Kenya - A Canadian national and five other people suspected of helping extremist gunmen stage a deadly attack in the Kenyan capital this week appeared in court on Friday as prosecutors invest...
Jan 18, 2019
Hamilton Ticats re-sign Canadian receiver/running back Sean Thomas Erlington
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed Canadian running back/receiver Sean Thomas Erlington to a two-year contract Friday. Thomas Erlington, 26, has appeared in 28 regular-season games in two se...
Jan 18, 2019
Another ice disk grabs attention in Maine
MILLINOCKET, Maine - The massive ice disk that formed on a Maine river has a baby brother. Officials at Baxter State Park in northern Maine shared a photo of an ice disk that’s about 30 or 40 fe...
Jan 18, 2019
Manufacturing surge pushes industrial production up 0.3 pct
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production increased 0.3 per cent in December, led by the biggest surge in manufacturing in ten months. The Federal Reserve said Friday that that manufacturing output jump...
Jan 18, 2019
Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At t...
Jan 18, 2019
Quebec government to make carbon monoxide detectors mandatory in schools
MONTREAL - Carbon monoxide detectors will become mandatory in all Quebec schools following an incident this week at a Montreal elementary school that sent at least 43 people to hospital, the provincia...
Jan 18, 2019
May's foes gather as Britain's Brexit stalemate drags on
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May held talks Friday with European leaders and British Cabinet colleagues, but efforts to end Britain’s Brexit stalemate appeared deadlocked, with neither May no...
Jan 18, 2019
Trump plans to make 'major announcement' on shutdown, border
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he’ll be making a “major announcement” on the government shutdown and the southern border on Saturday afternoon as the standstill over his bo...
Jan 18, 2019
Iran state TV says its US-born newscaster to appear in court
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s state-run English-language channel is reporting that its American anchorwoman detained in the U.S. will appear in court in Washington. Press TV said Marzieh Hashemi’s...
Jan 18, 2019
Britain's Prince Philip, 97, recovers after Land Rover crash
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip was recovering at the royal Sandringham estate after the Land Rover he was driving rolled over on its side in a collision with ano...
Jan 18, 2019