Category Archives: Canadian Press
Top-seeded Kerber toils in win vs Cibulkova at WTA Finals
SINGAPORE - Top-seeded Angelique Kerber struggled to defeat seventh-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3 on the opening day of the WTA Finals in Singapore on Sunday. Kerber, who secured the top...
Oct 23, 2016
University groups try to stave off offensive costumes in lead-up to Halloween
TORONTO - Geishas are out. Feathered headdresses are forbidden. And if you’re planning to wear a Bill Cosby or Caitlyn Jenner costume, you may not be welcome at your Halloween party of choice. A...
Oct 23, 2016
West Virginia candidate for governor owes millions in taxes
HINDMAN, Ky. - Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia’s most impoverished counties, including one in Kentucky that ...
Oct 23, 2016
How one drug cartel banked its cash in New York City
NEW YORK - In the photos, Alejandra Salgado and her little brother Francisco look like ordinary tourists strolling the streets of midtown Manhattan. He carries a shopping bag. She wears a white dress,...
Oct 23, 2016
Civil rights hero from 60s takes criticism as Trump backer
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Clarence Henderson was hailed as a hero nearly 60 years ago when as a young black man he participated in a sit-in at a segregated North Carolina lunch counter. In 2016, he is again ...
Oct 23, 2016
'Arctic has to be heard:' Inuit to make first address to world shipping group
A delegation of Arctic aboriginals that includes Canadian Inuit will use its first appearance before the group that regulates global shipping to argue that it shouldn’t be its last. “The v...
Oct 23, 2016
Trudeau's 'star power' unlikely to nab seat for Liberals in Alberta byelection
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The Conservatives are hoping to rally their traditional power base to retain hold on a sprawling southern Alberta federal riding that hasn’t elected a Liberal MP in 48 year...
Oct 23, 2016
Victoria Stafford's killer appeals, pinning blame on accomplice
TORONTO - The man convicted of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford seven years ago will ask Ontario’s top court for a new trial Monday, trying to pin the blame on his accomplice. Michael Ra...
Oct 23, 2016
Fight over Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion goes to high court
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island Supreme Court is stepping into a fight that has pitted dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family against a non-profit that owns several well-known mansions in Newp...
Oct 23, 2016
Space station accepts 1st Virginia delivery in 2 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The International Space Station received its first shipment from Virginia in more than two years Sunday following a sensational nighttime launch observed 250 miles up and down t...
Oct 23, 2016