Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rocket launch reignites space station deliveries in Virginia
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - One of NASA’s main delivery companies made a triumphant comeback seen up and down the East Coast on Monday night, launching its first space station shipment from Virginia ...
Oct 17, 2016
Judge won't make official OK contracts with LGBT language
BATON ROUGE, La. - A judge has thrown out the Louisiana governor’s lawsuit seeking to force the state attorney general to sign off on legal contracts that include anti-discrimination language to...
Oct 17, 2016
Cleveland Indians take Rogers Centre field wearing caps with Chief Wahoo logo
TORONTO - Unmoved by a human rights complaint, the Cleveland Indians took the Rogers Centre field Monday night wearing their Chief Wahoo logo caps for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series...
Oct 17, 2016
Crash of small jet in Kelowna, B.C., reminder of need for black boxes: TSB
KELOWNA, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board renewed its call Monday for flight data or cockpit voice recorders to be carried on smaller planes after a jet crash last week in B.C. killed four peopl...
Oct 17, 2016
NBC News fires Billy Bush after lewd Donald Trump tape airs
NEW YORK - NBC News on Monday fired “Today” show host Billy Bush, who was caught on tape in a vulgar conversation about women with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump before an &#...
Oct 17, 2016
Mosul operation to test UN humanitarian efforts
The military operation to wrest Mosul from the Islamic State group could potentially become the single largest, most complex humanitarian operation in the world in 2016, a U.N. official said Monday. S...
Oct 17, 2016
Indians fans defend name and logo ahead of ALCS Game 3 against Blue Jays game
TORONTO - Cleveland Indians fans in Toronto for a crucial playoff game against the Blue Jays said the team’s name and logo are not offensive and should not be changed. Sarah Johnston said the te...
Oct 17, 2016
Virginia man pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A northern Virginia man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to help the Islamic State group after a sting operation caught him buying gift cards and filming potential landmarks in the D....
Oct 17, 2016
Former general pleads guilty in false statements probe
WASHINGTON - A former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pleaded guilty Monday to making false statements during an investigation into a leak of classified information about a covert cyberatta...
Oct 17, 2016
UN continues to support DiCaprio's work on climate change
A U.N. spokesman has expressed continued support for Leonardo DiCaprio’s work as a “Messenger for Peace” for climate change despite an environmental group’s demand that he resi...
Oct 17, 2016