Category Archives: Canadian Press
US aviation system is starting to show strains from shutdown
The partial government shutdown is starting to strain the national aviation system, with unpaid security screeners staying home, air-traffic controllers suing the government and safety inspectors off ...
Jan 11, 2019
Fed officials feared adverse market reaction in 2013
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were worried about an adverse market reaction when they made their first tentative moves in 2013 to pull back on the massive support they had been providing to h...
Jan 11, 2019
Patrick McCaw excited to sign with Raptors and escape free-agent limbo
TORONTO - Patrick McCaw missed playing competitive basketball, but he missed the professional atmosphere of an NBA locker room even more. The 23-year-old McCaw spoke with media on Friday a day after s...
Jan 11, 2019
Industry minister to meet General Motors CEO on Oshawa plant closure
OTTAWA - Canada’s industry minister will meet with General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Monday to urge her to find a solution for the auto giant’s soon-to-be-shuttered plant in Oshawa. Ont. A ...
Jan 11, 2019
Lawyer: R. Kelly denies all sexual misconduct allegations
CHICAGO - An attorney for R. Kelly said Friday that the R&B star denies all allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls, including those made in a recent documentary, altho...
Jan 11, 2019
SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites
LOS ANGELES - A SpaceX rocket delivered 10 satellites to low-Earth orbit on Friday, completing a two-year campaign by Iridium Communications Inc. to replace its original fleet with a new generation of...
Jan 11, 2019
Former Laval star Richard to compete for roster spot with Alouettes
He’s preparing for his second Montreal Alouettes training camp, but Hugo Richard will be more than just an interested spectator this time around. The former Laval Rouge et Or star quarterback si...
Jan 11, 2019
Five things about what Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was running from in Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada would accept 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun as a refugee after she fled Saudi Arabia for Thailand and launched a Twitter campaig...
Jan 11, 2019
Lab revokes honours for controversial DNA scientist Watson
NEW YORK - James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning DNA scientist who lost his job in 2007 for expressing racist views, was stripped of several honorary titles Friday by the New York lab he once headed. ...
Jan 11, 2019
New Florida governor suspends sheriff over school massacre
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday over his handling of February’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, sa...
Jan 11, 2019