Category Archives: Canadian Press
Key dates in Fidel Castro's government in Cuba
Key events in Cuba under Fidel Castro: Jan. 1, 1959 - Castro’s rebels take power as dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba. June 1960 - Cuba nationalizes U.S.-owned oil refineries after they refu...
Nov 25, 2016
Rifle discharges at Montana gun show, injuring 2
BILLINGS, Mont. - Authorities say a bolt-action rifle was fired during a gun show in Billings, Montana, injuring a man and a young girl. Capt. Bill Michaelis of the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s ...
Nov 25, 2016
Report: California woman found chained to object, beaten
SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California woman was chained to an object and had been badly beaten when found near an interstate three weeks after she disappeared while jogging, according to a newspaper c...
Nov 25, 2016
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Calgary 2 Boston 1 Dallas 2 Vancouver 1 Arizona 3 Edmonton 2 (SO) Nashville 5 Winnipeg 1 N.Y. Rangers 3 Philadelphia 2 San Jose 3 N.Y. Islanders 2 Chicago 3 Anaheim 2 Minnesot...
Nov 25, 2016
Cuba's Fidel Castro, who defied US for 50 years, dies at 90
HAVANA - Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at ag...
Nov 25, 2016
Coyotes rally, beat Oilers 3-2 in shootout
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Arizona Coyotes escaped a loss by less than a tenth of a second, then turned to their go-to guy in the overtime shootout for another win over the Edmonton Oilers. Radim Vrbata...
Nov 25, 2016
Vancouver Aquarium's beluga whale Aurora feeling better after new treatment
VANCOUVER - A sick beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium is showing signs of recovery after treatment that targeted her gastrointestinal tract. The aquarium says it used a new strategy to care for Au...
Nov 25, 2016
Man shot dead while trying to stop man from beating woman
SAN ANTONIO - Police say a man trying to stop another man from beating a woman in a crowded San Antonio parking lot has been shot dead and a bystander has been critically wounded. The shooting happene...
Nov 25, 2016
Russian plane makes emergency landing in Iqaluit, Armenian man faces charges
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A 36-year-old man from Armenia was arrested after Aeroflot Russian flight SU 0107 made an emergency landing at the airport in Iqaluit, Nunavut. RCMP say the plane was travelling fro...
Nov 25, 2016
4 people found dead in Fairbanks, Alaska, hotel room
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Authorities in Alaska say four people, including a child, have been found dead in a Fairbanks hotel room. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (https://is.gd/wmL2dS) cites police as sayi...
Nov 25, 2016