Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian women to play in Spain and Portugal as World Cup preparations ramp up
Canada will play Switzerland and Norway in advance of the Algarve Cup in late February as it ramps up preparations for the Women’s World Cup in France this summer. Kenneth Heiner-Moller’s ...
Jan 09, 2019
Federal judge strikes down Iowa law on undercover ag workers
DES MOINES, Iowa - A federal judge on Wednesday struck down an Iowa law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation, finding the law vio...
Jan 09, 2019
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife divorcing after 25 years
SEATTLE - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are divorcing, ending a 25-year marriage that played a role in the creation of an e-commerce company that made Bezos one of the world’s w...
Jan 09, 2019
'Egotism and white supremacy' in Western response to detainees case: Chinese envoy
OTTAWA - Canada and its Western allies’ calls for the release of two Canadians detained in China are rooted in white supremacy, the Chinese ambassador said in a published op-ed Wednesday. Expert...
Jan 09, 2019
Airbus deliveries up, sales down after challenging year
PARIS - Airbus delivered more planes than ever to airlines around the world last year, but orders for new aircraft slumped. In a statement Wednesday, the company said it handed over 800 planes to cust...
Jan 09, 2019
Fed minutes: Growing risks make rate hike path less clear
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials expressed increasing worries when they met last month, as they grappled with volatile stock markets, trade tensions and uncertain global growth. The threats, the...
Jan 09, 2019
Fifteen military suicides reported in 2018 despite new prevention strategy
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has promised to redouble efforts to prevent suicide in the Canadian Forces after new figures showed more than a dozen members of the military took their own liv...
Jan 09, 2019
'He was worried about the girl:' Man to be sentenced on Amber Alert charges
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A six-year old autistic girl occupied with a computer tablet was strapped in the back seat of a running SUV when her mother ran into a food shop at a Saskatchewan strip mall....
Jan 09, 2019
Raptors say centre Jonas Valanciunas's injured thumb continues to improve
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors say the injury to centre Jonas Valanciunas’s left thumb continues to improve, though the team did not provide a date for his return. The Raptors said in a statement...
Jan 09, 2019
Police conduct seizures in biker-linked drug network in Quebec, New Brunswick
MONTREAL - Police conducted raids linked to the Hells Angels and drug trafficking in several regions of Quebec and New Brunswick Wednesday. Quebec provincial police said 150 police officers took part ...
Jan 09, 2019