Category Archives: Canadian Press
US says 2,000 IS fighters killed, gravely wounded in Mosul
QAYARA AIR BASE, Iraq - Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed or gravely wounded more than 2,000 Islamic State fighters in the battle for Mosul since October, the top U.S. commander in Iraq ...
Dec 10, 2016
Trump team challenges intel on Russian election influence
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s presidential transition team on Saturday challenged the veracity of U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia was trying to tip the November election to the Republica...
Dec 10, 2016
Virtue and Moir finally claim elusive Grand Prix Final title
MARSEILLE, France - Former Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dance at the Grand Prix final on Saturday, clinching the elusive title for the first time in their comeback year. L...
Dec 10, 2016
Governor Joe Piscopo? Comedian eyes run in New Jersey
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Joe Piscopo’s Frank Sinatra impression, made famous from his days on “Saturday Night Live,” has gotten an update. It’s no longer “New York, New York...
Dec 10, 2016
NYPD seeks cure for gun violence with data-driven cases
NEW YORK - Even as homicide rates have climbed in other American cities, New York City is again on pace to have a near-record low number of shootings, and police are partly crediting refined tactics t...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada's St-Gelais takes bronze in 500m short-track speedskating World Cup race
SHANGHAI - Canada’s Marianne St-Gelais finished third in women’s 500-metre World Cup short-track speedskating race Saturday. St-Gelais, from Saint-Felicien, Que., was passed at the finish ...
Dec 10, 2016
Chapel of Love lost to fire that ravaged city in Smokies
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - The wildfires that killed 14 people and tore through Gatlinburg also stole an iconic venue from this city at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains whose nickname is “the wedd...
Dec 10, 2016
Italian president: We need a new government urgently
ROME - Italy’s president promised Saturday he’ll decide “in the next hours” about who to tap as the next premier, saying the country needs a new government as soon as possible ...
Dec 10, 2016
Russia accepts IOC plan to retest Olympic doping samples
MOSCOW - Russia will accept an International Olympic Committee plan to retest all drug test samples given by its athletes at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said...
Dec 10, 2016
Calgary's Brady Leman finishes second in ski cross race
VAL THORENS, France - Calgary’s Brady Leman finished second in Saturday’s men’s World Cup ski cross race. Leman, who finished third in the overall standings last season, ended up beh...
Dec 10, 2016