Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mormon no more: Tabernacle Choir renamed in big church shift
SALT LAKE CITY - The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be singing the same tune but under a new name. The choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word Mormon in a move aimed at ending shorth...
Oct 05, 2018
Players' union, rights activists urge IOC to shelve charter
GENEVA - A coalition of athletes, their global trade union, and human rights activists want the IOC to postpone an athlete charter due to be adopted next week. The Olympic body’s Athletes’...
Oct 05, 2018
Flames defenceman Travis Hamonic out week-to-week with facial fracture
Calgary Flames defenceman Travis Hamonic has been placed on injured reserve with a facial fracture. The Flames say he is out week-to-week. Hamonic was involved in a fight with Canucks defenceman Erik ...
Oct 05, 2018
Officers cleared in Ontario high-speed chase and crash that left two teens dead
TORONTO - No charges will be laid in a high-speed police chase that ended in a “catastrophic collision” that claimed the lives of two teens a year ago, Ontario’s police watchdog said...
Oct 05, 2018
British sailor's trial adjourned after Crown decides against calling witness
HALIFAX - The trial of a British sailor accused of sexually assaulting a young woman in the barracks of a Halifax-area military base was adjourned Friday until next week. The Crown told Justice Patric...
Oct 05, 2018
US unemployment falls to 3.7 per cent - lowest since 1969
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to 3.7 per cent, the lowest since 1969, when young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam and the American auto industry and the space pro...
Oct 05, 2018
Florida store owner: Don't warm urine in my microwave
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida gas station owner has placed a sign in his store asking customers not to warm urine in the microwave. Parul Patel says he’s become “sick and tired” of ...
Oct 05, 2018
Kavanaugh sworn to high court after rancorous confirmation
WASHINGTON - Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Sen...
Oct 05, 2018
Review: 'A Star Is Born' is dizzyingly wonderful
It’s hard not to go into “A Star Is Born ” without a lot of prejudgments. Even if you haven’t seen the other three versions, the mere fact that they exist, and with such formid...
Oct 05, 2018
Whirlwind year lets Michelle Williams realize her own worth
LOS ANGELES - Michelle Williams can’t believe it’s been less than a year since “the pay stuff.” Time has seemingly accelerated since last October when, while shooting the comic...
Oct 05, 2018