Category Archives: Canadian Press
From mechanical engineer to UFC fighter, Winnipeg's Brad Katona living the dream
TORONTO - If fighting doesn’t pay off, Brad (Superman) Katona has a degree in mechanical engineering in his back pocket. But so far so good for the 26-year-old from Winnipeg. Katona, competing a...
Dec 06, 2018
Calgary jury hears how high-tech used to track suspect in double homicide
CALGARY - A jury in a Calgary murder trial has heard how cellphone calls from a man charged in the deaths of a woman and her young daughter led to the discovery of one of the alleged victims. Edward D...
Dec 06, 2018
It's now or never pedestrians: German town has Elvis lights
BERLIN - Keep your blue suede shoes behind the curb: the central German town where Elvis Presley was stationed as a U.S. soldier in the 1950s has installed three pedestrian lights with images of the A...
Dec 06, 2018
UK round-the-world sailor being rescued after losing mast
LONDON - A British woman sailing solo in a round-the-world race is being rescued after losing her mast and being knocked unconscious in a vicious storm in Southern Ocean. Golden Globe Race officials s...
Dec 06, 2018
Survey: US services firms grew in November
WASHINGTON - U.S. services firms grew at a slightly stronger pace in November, a sign that the recent stock market sell-offs have yet to dampen enthusiasm among consumers. The Institute for Supply Man...
Dec 06, 2018
Trudeau says government will limit gun access as Polytechnique victims remembered
MONTREAL - Fourteen beams of light shone into the night sky from Montreal’s Mount Royal Thursday evening in memory of the 14 women who died at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school 29 years...
Dec 06, 2018
New Canada Elite Basketball League partners with Canada Basketball
HAMILTON - Canada Basketball has named the new Canada Elite Basketball League as the official first divisional professional league partner of Canada Basketball. The partnership makes the CEBL a Divisi...
Dec 06, 2018
Foreign countries will try to twist Canadian opinion online in 2019, feds warn
OTTAWA - Foreign countries are very likely to try to advance their agendas in 2019 - a general election year - by manipulating Canadian opinion with malicious online activity, says the federal centre ...
Dec 06, 2018
Survey: US businesses added a solid 179,000 jobs last month
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses hired new workers at a solid pace in November, adding 179,000 jobs, according to a private survey. The report comes as other data also suggest the U.S. economy remains hea...
Dec 06, 2018
Georgia police officer shot, suspect killed at dental clinic
MCDONOUGH, Ga. - A single gunshot critically injured a police officer and killed another man Thursday as the two struggled after the officer responded to a report of a disturbance at a dentist office ...
Dec 06, 2018