Category Archives: Canadian Press
Obama, Duterte meet despite Filipino leader's crude language
VIENTIANE, Laos - President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met informally on Wednesday in a holding room before attending a gala dinner at a regional summit, Philippine official...
Sep 07, 2016
Gong Show: After let call, Murray loses at Open; Serena wins
NEW YORK - Andy Murray lost his way, seven consecutive games and, eventually, his riveting five-set U.S. Open quarterfinal against Kei Nishikori after a loud noise from a malfunctioning sound system i...
Sep 07, 2016
'Ashamed of my actions:' Ex-Saskatchewan deputy premier admits to drunk driving
REGINA - The former deputy premier of Saskatchewan has been fined and lost his licence for a year for driving with 2 1/2 times the legal amount of alcohol in his system. Don McMorris pleaded guilty We...
Sep 07, 2016
Qualtrough says Rio Paralympics face challenges, but legacy will be significant
Canada’s sports minister has a deep background in Paralympic sport as an athlete and leader. Carla Qualtrough says athletes will be able to compete to the best of their abilities in Rio de Janei...
Sep 07, 2016
Prosecutors hope to show Cosby had a pattern of sex abuse
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - They were models and aspiring actresses. One was a flight attendant. Another was a masseuse. Thirteen women who say Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them over the years have...
Sep 07, 2016
3 dead when 2 planes collide in air at small Georgia airport
CARROLLTON, Ga. - A flight instructor, her student and a third person died Wednesday after two small airplanes collided in midair at a rural airport in western Georgia, where one witness told authorit...
Sep 07, 2016
Mexico's finance secretary resigns after Trump visit
MEXICO CITY - One of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s closest advisers and confidants, Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray, resigned Wednesday in a move seen as linked to the unpopular decision to in...
Sep 07, 2016
Woods says he hopes to return next month
CARMEL, Ind. - Out of golf for more than a year, Tiger Woods said Wednesday he hopes to play the first event of the PGA Tour season next month and could play as much as twice more before the end of th...
Sep 07, 2016
Flights cancelled for military drills in Russia's south
MOSCOW - Russian airline companies have cancelled dozens of flights and four airports are planning brief closures as Russia hosts massive military exercises in the south and the annexed Crimean penins...
Sep 07, 2016
Ash Carter: Russia sowing seeds of global instability
OXFORD, England - U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter accused Russia on Wednesday of sowing seeds of global instability and questioned whether Moscow genuinely wants a viable cease-fire in Syria. In a h...
Sep 07, 2016