Category Archives: Canadian Press
Monroe dress for Kennedy birthday song sold - $4.8 million
LOS ANGELES - Officials say a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she famously sang “Happy Birthday” to President John. F. Kennedy has sold for nearly $5 million at a Los Angeles auction. Juli...
Nov 18, 2016
Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs after scandal
FRANKFURT - Automaker Volkswagen said Friday it will shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs as it tries to recover from its diesel emissions scandal and invests more in electric-powered vehicles and digital se...
Nov 18, 2016
Medical experts urge Canada to declare public emergency over opioid crisis
OTTAWA - Canada should declare a national public health emergency over its deadly opioid crisis, health care experts urged Friday as the perils of addiction, overdose and death came under the microsco...
Nov 18, 2016
Thailand's queen in hospital with high fever, lung infection
BANGKOK - Thailand’s royal palace says Queen Sirikit is being treated at a hospital for a high fever and lung infection a month after the death of her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Sirikit, ...
Nov 18, 2016
Protests after Crown declines to lay charges in alleged abuse of native women
VAL D’OR, Que. - Citizens protested in the streets of Val d’Or on Friday after Crown prosecutors confirmed none of the six provincial police officers accused of abusing native women in the...
Nov 18, 2016
Quebec election shooter Richard Henry Bain to serve 20 years in jail before parole
MONTREAL - Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooter was motivated by politics, fuelled by hatred towards separatists and should spend at least 20 years behind bars before parole eligibility, a judge...
Nov 18, 2016
China demands Mongolia scrap visit by Dalai Lama
BEIJING - China on Friday demanded its northern neighbour, Mongolia, scrap a visit by the Dalai Lama, labeling the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist who seeks to alienate Chinese-controlled...
Nov 18, 2016
Realities of governing may soon see Trump temper his hard line, Trudeau says
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tough-talking campaign rhetoric may take a more moderate tone once he takes office and confronts the geopolitical realities of the e...
Nov 18, 2016
Calgary dentists, therapists and optometrists hit by energy price slowdown
CALGARY - Thousands of layoffs that have hollowed out many of Calgary’s downtown office towers are translating into tough times for health-care businesses that offer services covered by workplac...
Nov 18, 2016
Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs after scandal
WOLFSBURG, Germany - Automaker Volkswagen says it will shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs as it tries to recover from its diesel emissions scandal and invests more in electric-powered vehicles and digital ...
Nov 18, 2016