Category Archives: Canadian Press
China's Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion
BEIJING - China’s Dalian Wanda Group has added another entertainment trophy to its stable of overseas acquisitions, paying $1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the...
Nov 04, 2016
Daughter says she's in shock after dad charged with murder
DES MOINES, Iowa - The distraught daughter of a man accused of killing two Iowa police officers said Friday that she talked to her father just two hours before the fatal shootings, and it was “t...
Nov 04, 2016
Retired Oakland police captain to be charged in sex probe
MARTINEZ, Calif. - A Northern California prosecutor said Friday that he’s charging a retired police captain with misdemeanour soliciting a prostitute, but found no other criminal conduct within ...
Nov 04, 2016
Jurors review video of officer killing unarmed fleeing man
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A fired police officer’s defence team couldn’t keep jurors from seeing a cellphone video Friday that shows him killing an unarmed man who was running away, so they spent...
Nov 04, 2016
Post-Katrina police shooting; now lawsuits can resume
NEW ORLEANS - A former police sergeant admitted on Friday that he helped cover up the fatal police shootings of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina, ending a criminal case that ...
Nov 04, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Nov. 4
Six stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 4 --- SHADY COUPLE TAUGHT FOR TRUMP U IN CANADA Canadian courses for Trump University were taught by a couple who used aliases, declared multiple bankruptcies,...
Nov 04, 2016
Juror dismissed in python deaths trial as Crown prepares to call final witness
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - A juror was dismissed Friday from the criminal negligence trial in the deaths of two young New Brunswick brothers killed by an escaped python. The trial in Campbellton, N.B., was t...
Nov 04, 2016
Security reviews due after B.C. school stabbing, but tighter rules not expected
VICTORIA - Security is being reviewed at British Columbia’s schools following the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl, but metal detectors, security guards and airport-style scanners are not ne...
Nov 04, 2016
Trump University Canadian courses taught by alias-using couple fined for fraud
WASHINGTON - Canadian courses for Trump University were taught by a couple who used aliases, declared multiple bankruptcies, lost a real-estate licence and was sanctioned by securities regulators over...
Nov 04, 2016
'I am being accused:' Senior charged in wife's death to undergo more testing
CALGARY - An 85-year-old Calgary man accused of murdering his wife appeared confused and agitated as he made a brief court appearance on Friday. As sheriffs ushered Siegfried van Zuiden into the room,...
Nov 04, 2016