Category Archives: Canadian Press
Colorado school district to allow teachers to arm themselves
DENVER - A rural Colorado school district decided to allow its teachers and other school staff to carry guns on campus to protect students. The Hanover School District 28 board voted 3-2 Wednesday nig...
Dec 15, 2016
California, Uber in legal showdown over self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO - Uber is riding its self-driving cars into a legal showdown with California regulators. The ride-hailing company is refusing to obey demands by the state’s Department of Motor Veh...
Dec 15, 2016
Manufacturing growing at solid pace in New York, hiring lags
WASHINGTON - Manufacturers in New York state expanded more quickly this month than in November, driven by a big jump in new orders. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday that its Empire S...
Dec 15, 2016
Egypt: Traces of explosives found on victims of Paris flight
CAIRO - Traces of explosives have been found on some of the victims of an EgyptAir flight from Paris that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egypt’s government said Thursday, a finding tha...
Dec 15, 2016
Tiger Woods signs deal to play with new golf ball
One tournament into his return was all Tiger Woods needed to strike a deal with Bridgestone to play its golf ball. Bridgestone Golf said Thursday it has signed Woods to a multi-year agreement in which...
Dec 15, 2016
Scolari to face young female coach in Asian Champions League
History-making coach Chan Yuen-ting says it will be her honour to match wits with World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Their first meeting is scheduled for Feb. 22 in the Asian Champions Leagu...
Dec 15, 2016
Euro 2016 seen by 2 billion on TV; 600M tune in for final
GENEVA - Boosted by Cristiano Ronaldo’s title run and Iceland’s feel-good story, the 2016 European Championship attracted 2 billion people to watch live on television. The total live audie...
Dec 15, 2016
Decades of lobbying finally move feds to comprehensive ban on asbestos by 2018
OTTAWA - Michelle Cote says her father didn’t want to see anyone else have their life choked from them the way he did before succumbing to asbestos-related disease last July. Cote added a human ...
Dec 15, 2016
Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige, John Legend headline 2017 Essence
NEW ORLEANS - For the first time, music icon Diana Ross brings her star power to a stage at the 2017 Essence Festival in New Orleans. Ross was among the headliners announced Thursday for the festival ...
Dec 15, 2016
Thousands of Pakistanis bury singer killed in plane crash
KARACHI, Pakistan - Thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of a popular Pakistani pop-singer-turned-Islamic-preacher who died in a plane crash last week along with his wife and 45 other passe...
Dec 15, 2016