Category Archives: Canadian Press
52 confirmed dead in stampede at Ethiopia religious event
BISHOFTU, Ethiopia - Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religi...
Oct 02, 2016
Riding celebrity wave, Justice Ginsburg releasing anthology
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is riding the wave of her rock-star celebrity, releasing a compilation of her writings that range from a high school editorial to summaries of so...
Oct 02, 2016
Trump tax revelation punctuates week of political challenges
NEW YORK - Ever defiant, Donald Trump and his Republican allies embraced a report on Sunday that said the New York businessman may not have paid federal income taxes for nearly two decades after he an...
Oct 02, 2016
Akwesasne creates first indigenous court in Canada for and by indigenous people
MONTREAL - The Mohawk band council of Akwesasne has introduced what is considered the first indigenous legal system in Canada outside a federal framework. While First Nations band councils have been p...
Oct 02, 2016
Explosion at cafe injures 90 at festival in southern Spain
MADRID - An explosion at a cafe in southern Spain injured 90 people at a local festival, five of them seriously, authorities said Sunday. The Saturday night explosion occurred at around 7 p.m. in down...
Oct 02, 2016
In-Kyung Kim wins Reignwood LPGA Classic in China
BEIJING - In-Kyung Kim won the Reignwood LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory in six years, making an eagle and a birdie on the two late par 5s to lead a South Korean sweep of the to...
Oct 02, 2016
Britain will launch Brexit by April , prime minister says
LONDON - Britain will begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, seeking to ease concern about the nation’s future and th...
Oct 02, 2016
First Nations use royal visit as platform to talk reconciliation, environment
VANCOUVER - As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured British Columbia and the Yukon over the past week, they heard impassioned speeches on reconciliation and saw protest T-shirts emblazoned with sl...
Oct 02, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $12.6 million Lotto 649 jackpot
No winning ticket was sold for the $12.6 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 jackpot. However, the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. T...
Oct 02, 2016
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games CFL Calgary 36 Hamilton 17 BC 40 Ottawa 33 — NHL Pre-season Montreal 3 Ottawa 2 (OT) Philadelphia 4 Boston 3 (SO) New Jersey 5 N.Y. Rangers 4 Washington 2 N.Y. Islanders 1...
Oct 01, 2016