Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian Football Hall of Fame game returns to Hamilton for first time since '08
HAMILTON - The annual Canadian Football Hall of Fame game is returning to Hamilton. The 2016 induction class - which includes builder Don McDonald and former players Doug Brown, Rodney Harding, Derrel...
Aug 16, 2016
'Do what is right': Governor urges top prosecutor to resign
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s attorney general faced growing pressure to resign Tuesday, hours after her conviction on charges she abused the powers of the state’s top law enforcement o...
Aug 16, 2016
Search resumes for Nazi gold train that might not even exist
WARSAW, Poland - Explorers in Poland began digging Tuesday for a legendary Nazi train said to be laden with treasure and armaments. They’re not dissuaded by decades of fruitless searches, a scie...
Aug 16, 2016

US home construction climbed to a 6-month high in July
WASHINGTON - Apartment construction in the Northeast fueled a jump in home building in July as the pace of housing starts nationwide reached the strongest pace in six months. The rate of overall const...
Aug 16, 2016
Joao Havelange, former president of FIFA, dies at age 100
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer’s governing body into a multibillion-dollar business and a hotbed for subsequent corruption that dama...
Aug 16, 2016
Joao Havelange, former president of FIFA, dies at age 100
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer’s governing body into a multibillion-dollar business and a hotbed for subsequent corruption that dama...
Aug 16, 2016
Iran arrests dual national on security-related charges
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has detained an Iranian with citizenship in another country over allegations the person had links to British intelligence services, a prosecutor said Tuesday, the latest dual natio...
Aug 16, 2016

Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target IS in Syria
MOSCOW - Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia’s Defence Ministry said, widening Moscow’s bombing ...
Aug 16, 2016

European agency proposes tougher medical checks for pilots
BERLIN - The European Aviation Safety Agency on Tuesday proposed tougher medical examinations for pilots, including better mental health assessments, in response to last year’s Germanwings crash...
Aug 16, 2016
Turkish prosecutors seek 2 life sentences for Gulen
ANKARA, Turkey - Prosecutors in western Turkey have demanded a life sentence for U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of masterminding the failed coup, the state-run news agen...
Aug 16, 2016