Category Archives: Canadian Press
Gaston, seventh tropical storm of season, forms in Atlantic
MIAMI - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the seventh tropical storm of the season, Gaston, has developed far over the Atlantic. Gaston is forecast to strengthen steadily Tuesday and could becom...
Aug 22, 2016
Japanese first lady pays tribute at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
TOKYO - Japan’s first lady has visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for the first time to pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack 75 years ago. Akie Abe said in a Facebook entry Monday that ...
Aug 22, 2016
New Smithsonian offers a view of rich black history
WASHINGTON - Lonnie Bunch leans forward to peer inside a slave cabin from Edisto Island, South Carolina. The dark and cramped interior defies his attempts to showcase the small living space its occupa...
Aug 22, 2016

Royals to visit Vancouver, Victoria, Whitehorse during Canadian trip
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit an area in B.C. known for its ancient rainforests as well a community in Yukon that was a resting spot for Klondike gold miners when they come to Canada ne...
Aug 22, 2016

Counterfeit pain pills likely came to Prince illegally
MINNEAPOLIS - The disclosure that some pills found at Prince’s Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl strongly suggests the pills came...
Aug 22, 2016
Valeant, attempting to normalize operations, names new CFO
NEW YORK - Valeant Pharmaceuticals is replacing Robert Rosiello as chief financial officer as the embattled pharmaceutical company attempts to normalize operations amid a host of ongoing investigation...
Aug 22, 2016

Alimentation Couche-Tard announces US$4.4-billion deal to boost presence in U.S.
MONTREAL - Alimentation Couche-Tard plans to further expand its presence in North America with a US$4.4-billion friendly acquisition, the biggest in the Laval, Que.-based company’s history, that...
Aug 22, 2016

Pan Ams in Toronto a springboard into Rio for Canada's Olympic team
RIO DE JANEIRO - The chef de mission of the Canadian Olympic team believes there was a Pan Am effect at work. The 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto just over a year ago provided not just a boost in b...
Aug 22, 2016

DiCaprio, girlfriend unhurt after fender-bender in Hamptons
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - Authorities say actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his Danish supermodel girlfriend weren’t injured when their vehicle was involved in a minor accident in the Hamptons over the wee...
Aug 22, 2016
Four stories in the news today, Aug. 22
Four stories in the news today from The Canadian Press OLEKSIAK CARRIES FLAG FOR CANADA Penny Oleksiak led Canada to the podium four times at the Rio Olympics - so it was only fitting that she led the...
Aug 22, 2016