Category Archives: Canadian Press
EU leaders lash Russia over Syria but split on sanctions
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders pledged early Friday to keep all options open to respond to any atrocities committed by President Bashar Assad’s regime and his Russian backers in Syria but sto...
Oct 20, 2016
For first lady, Trump is he who shall remain nameless
PHOENIX - First lady Michelle Obama has emerged as perhaps the most effective Donald Trump critic in the Democrats’ lineup, and she’s done it without ever uttering two key words: Donald Tr...
Oct 20, 2016
Price makes 27 saves, Weber scores as Canadiens down Coyotes 5-2
MONTREAL - Carey Price didn’t have to be spectacular in his return to Montreal’s net, but he did enough to secure the win in his much-anticipated season debut. Price made 27 saves in his f...
Oct 20, 2016
Venezuela suspends recall campaign against President Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s electoral authority suspended a recall drive against President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday less than a week before it was set to start, throwing the opposition...
Oct 20, 2016
Naked man arrested after he broke into Vancouver home and began cooking eggs
Vancouver police hope the story of a man who broke into a home, stripped naked and began cooking eggs will encourage people to lock their doors. Police say the 35-year-old man also managed to damage t...
Oct 20, 2016
Deadline looming for Canada-EU trade pact, as Europeans push resistant Walloons
OTTAWA - They’re listening carefully to the noisy argument spilling out of their neighbour’s house - but for the moment they’re giving the appearance of keeping their noses out of it...
Oct 20, 2016
Windy, stormy weather complicates clean-up operations for sunken B.C. tug
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Blustery, wet weather thwarted efforts Thursday to assess the fallout of a sunken tugboat leaking diesel in a remote region off British Columbia’s central coast. All small bo...
Oct 20, 2016
NFL reopens Brown investigation, Brown not going to London
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Josh Brown’s future with the New York Giants and possibly the NFL is in jeopardy after police released journal entries and emails in which the place-kicker admitted that ...
Oct 20, 2016
US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags
DETROIT - A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Admin...
Oct 20, 2016
Stampeders look to run the table at home with win over sinking Argos
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts have very different motivations heading into their game at McMahon Stadium on Friday night. While the Stampeders (14-1-1) want to cap off an unde...
Oct 20, 2016