Category Archives: Canadian Press

US construction spending fell again in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders trimmed spending on construction projects in August for a second straight month with housing, non-residential and government activity all seeing declines. Construction spend...
Oct 03, 2016

Drawn to the wild! Canada's growing love for exotic pets has experts worried
KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. - As the sun sets over the sprawling property in rural Ontario, the farmhouse party gets into full swing. The host walks around chatting up the guests, two small monkeys perched o...
Oct 03, 2016
Supreme Court rejects Whitey Bulger appeal
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has turned away James “Whitey” Bulger’s appeal of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in pla...
Oct 03, 2016
Supreme Court rejects NCAA appeal of O'Bannon case
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the NCAA’s appeal of the Ed O’Bannon case, leaving in place lower court rulings that found amateurism rules for big-time college basketball and footbal...
Oct 03, 2016
Band councillor decries brown, smelly water pouring from taps on N.S. reserve
ST. PETERS, N.S. - Residents of a Cape Breton native reserve are fed up with the brown, smelly water that is coming out of their taps and want Ottawa to come up with a permanent fix, a council member ...
Oct 03, 2016

Lindsay Lohan says she lost part of finger in boat accident
Lindsay Lohan says she had surgery to reattach part of her finger following a boating accident. The actress posted a video of her hand with a bandaged ring finger Sunday on Snapchat. She says on the v...
Oct 03, 2016
"I had to:" Inside the mind of an 'honour' killer in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan - For two months, over the thunder of machines at the steel mill, the men taunted Mubeen Rajhu about his sister. Even now, they laugh at how easy it was to make him lose his temper. S...
Oct 03, 2016
Police: Baby shot, killed by 3-year-old brother or himself
MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Police are investigating the death of a Georgia toddler who they say was shot at his home in suburban Atlanta by his 3-year-old brother or himself. Henry County police Lt. Mike Irelan...
Oct 03, 2016
How the Trump and Clinton tax plans would affect Americans
WASHINGTON - For America’s wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins the election - or a big tax cut if Donald Trump wins...
Oct 03, 2016

Much unknown about Trump's taxes and finances
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump reported losses of more than $900 million on his 1995 income tax returns filed in three states, as revealed in documents obtained by The New York Times, that experts say coul...
Oct 03, 2016