Category Archives: Canadian Press
100 days to Brexit: EU, UK act to cushion no-deal chaos
LONDON - The European Union marked 100 days until Brexit on Wednesday by triggering an action plan to ensure planes can still fly and money can still flow between Britain and the bloc in the increasin...
Dec 19, 2018
The Latest: Michigan panel OKs Great Lakes pipeline tunnel
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Latest on a Michigan panel’s consideration of a proposal to allow construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the waterway linking Lakes Huron and Michigan (all tim...
Dec 19, 2018
Ex-Blackwater contractor found guilty in 2007 Iraq shooting
WASHINGTON - A former Blackwater security contractor was convicted Wednesday of murder at his third trial in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq. Nicholas Slatten, 35, of Sparta, Tennessee,...
Dec 19, 2018
NCC moves to terminate development deal with troubled Rendez-Vous LeBreton Group
OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission says it is moving to terminate a development deal with Rendez-Vous LeBreton Group, which includes Senators owner Eugene Melnyk, in the wake of bitter legal inf...
Dec 19, 2018
US to withdraw all American troops in Syria, official says
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration will soon withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops from Syria, a U.S. official said Wednesday as President Donald Trump declared victory in the mis...
Dec 19, 2018
Montreal's Champlain Bridge to be replaced by Samuel De Champlain Bridge
Montreal’s new span across the St. Lawrence River, which is scheduled to open in June, will be called the Samuel De Champlain Bridge. Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne ...
Dec 19, 2018
Canadian biathlete Nathan Smith after a career of historic results
CANMORE, Alta. - The first Canadian man to win a world championship biathlon medal has retired from the sport. Nathan Smith of Calgary won a silver medal in the 10-kilometre pursuit at the 2015 world ...
Dec 19, 2018
Illinois AG finds 500 more Catholic clergy accused of abuse
CHICAGO - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wednesday issued a blistering report about clergy sexual abuse, saying that Catholic dioceses in Illinois has not released the names of at least 500...
Dec 19, 2018
Canadian Jim Long living the darts dream at world championships in London
Jim Long is living the dream. The darts dream. The 50-year-old GM worker from London, Ont., already has one win under his belt at the William Hill World Darts Championship. He goes for two on Friday w...
Dec 19, 2018
NHL Notebook: Defencemen on the move helping to push league's offensive surge
Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano remembers a time not that long ago when playing the position was more about giving ground than taking it. He might try holding the blue line on a clearing attem...
Dec 19, 2018