Category Archives: Canadian Press
Probe: Malaysian jet downed by missile launcher from Russia
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands - Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down in 2014 by a Buk missile that was moved into eastern Ukraine from ...
Sep 28, 2016
IOC sanctions 3 boxers for betting on fights at Rio Olympics
LONDON - Three Olympic boxers - including one who bet on himself to lose - received “severe reprimands” on Wednesday for betting on fights during last month’s Rio de Janeiro Games. I...
Sep 28, 2016
WADA says electronic database is safe despite cyber attack
PARIS - Despite the hack of personal medical information from some of the world’s leading athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency says its overall electronic database is safe. The system, known u...
Sep 28, 2016
Group: Cuban press makes strides despite controls
NEW YORK - An independent press is emerging in Cuba despite a constitutional requirement that media be controlled by the one party communist state, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a repor...
Sep 28, 2016
Campaign promise of a doctor for every Nova Scotian five years away:health CEO
HALIFAX - Premier Stephen McNeil is refusing to let go of a key campaign promise to ensure every Nova Scotian has access to a family doctor, even though the CEO of Nova Scotia’s health authority...
Sep 28, 2016
Probe of jetty sought as service held for Marlins' Fernandez
MIAMI - Somber Miami Marlins players and personnel escorted a hearse carrying the body of star pitcher Jose Fernandez from the team’s ballpark Wednesday as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio sought a safety ...
Sep 28, 2016
Police issue warrant in U. of Illinois fatal shooting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An arrest warrant has been issued in the deadly weekend shooting at a party near the University of Illinois campus for an 18-year-old man who was released earlier this month from a s...
Sep 28, 2016
Banned Rose appeals to Hall of Fame for eligibility
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Pete Rose is appealing directly to baseball’s Hall of Fame to restore his eligibility, arguing the lifetime ban he agreed to in 1989 was never intended to keep him out of Cooper...
Sep 28, 2016
Judge approves $50 M residential school settlement: 'Everybody is thrilled'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An emotional, decade-long battle ended quickly Wednesday for hundreds of former students of Newfoundland and Labrador residential schools. After a two-day hearing, a provincia...
Sep 28, 2016
Ford recalls Focus hatchbacks for latch release problem
DETROIT - Ford is recalling about 74,000 Focus hatchback cars with manual transmissions in the U.S. and Canada because the hatches can be unlatched too easily while the cars are moving. The recall cov...
Sep 28, 2016