Category Archives: Canadian Press
24-diamond 'Field of Dreams' baseball complex gets go-ahead
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court seems to agree with Kevin Costner that there’s no better place to play baseball than on fields cut out of the corn. The court on Friday cleared the way ...
Dec 09, 2016
Hibbing struggles with how it should honour Bob Dylan
HIBBING, Minn. - The city of Hibbing has long struggled with how it should honour its most famous son, Bob Dylan. There is a street sign, a small exhibit in the public library, but little more. As Dyl...
Dec 09, 2016
Record-setting stock streak hits sixth day on broad gains
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose for the sixth day in a row Friday as major indexes continued to set records. The biggest gains went to companies that have been mostly left out of the post-election rally, ...
Dec 09, 2016
Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent to step down next year
NEW YORK - Coca-Cola said Friday that CEO Muhtar Kent will step down as CEO next year and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer James Quincey. The world’s largest beverage maker has been under ...
Dec 09, 2016
Italy's Monte dei Paschi denies ECB notice on deadline
FRANKFURT - Shares in troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena plunged Friday following news reports that the bank’s request for more time to raise new capital from investors had been rej...
Dec 09, 2016
Dutch detain man with rifle, ammo, image of IS flag at home
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch police detained a 30-year-old man on suspicion of preparing a terrorist crime after finding a Kalashnikov rifle, two full ammunition clips and a painting featuring a fla...
Dec 09, 2016
Winnipeg Blue Bombers give GM Walters and coach O'Shea three-year extensions
WINNIPEG - Negotiations to extend the contracts of Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O’Shea were casual and went smoothly. The CFL team announced Friday that...
Dec 09, 2016
British police: 83 potential suspects in soccer abuse probe
LONDON - Police overseeing the sex abuse scandal in British soccer say 83 potential suspects have been identified and linked to 98 clubs. Officers across the country are sifting through 639 referrals ...
Dec 09, 2016
'Buy American': Trump wants domestic procurement in big infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has made it clear he wants Buy American rules in the massive infrastructure program he’s planning, launching an ardent defence of domestic-purchase requirements that ca...
Dec 09, 2016
'No way to turn back tide' on cleaner energy, Joe Biden tells Canada's leaders
OTTAWA - The world - including the United States - is heading inexorably in the direction of reducing greenhouse gases, even if it isn’t a priority for president-elect Donald Trump, says Vice-Pr...
Dec 09, 2016