Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ferry stranded with 300 onboard in Baltic Sea moving again
COPENHAGEN - A ferry stranded in the Baltic Sea for several hours with about 300 people on board was on the move again on Tuesday following a malfunction that sent smoke pouring from the engine room, ...
Oct 02, 2018
Taylor Swift will open the 2018 American Music Awards
NEW YORK - Taylor Swift will open the 2018 American Music Awards. The 28-year-old singer made the announcement Tuesday. This is her first awards show performance in nearly three years. Dick Clark Prod...
Oct 02, 2018
Drummer leaves Sigur Ros band after rape allegations surface
LONDON - The drummer of acclaimed Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros has left the group after rape allegations were made against him. Orri Pall Dyrason said on the group’s Facebook page that he has d...
Oct 02, 2018
After advancing to Western final, talented Jets under pressure to go further
WINNIPEG - That was then and this is now for the Winnipeg Jets. Captain Blake Wheeler and his teammates are taking that approach as the club prepares to follow up being on the doorstep of last season&...
Oct 02, 2018
CMHC passes stress test for severe scenarios such as cyber attack and earthquake
TORONTO - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says its mortgage loan insurance and securitization businesses are stable enough to withstand several extreme scenarios. In its annual stress test, the hous...
Oct 02, 2018
With new coach and tweaked roster, retooled Flames have sights set on playoffs
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames enter the 2018-19 season different and deeper, the result of extensive work done over the summer by general manager Brad Treliving. Gone after two years is coach Glen Gulu...
Oct 02, 2018
List of Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize
Here is a list of Canadians who have won the Nobel Prize: 1923: Frederick G. Banting, Nobel Prize in Medicine for the “discovery of insulin” 1949: William F. Giauque, Nobel Prize in Chemis...
Oct 02, 2018
The sea, the sea: Chanel creates beach to cap Paris season
PARIS - An autumnal chill is in the air in Paris, but Karl Lagerfeld managed to spirit the Paris Fashion Week crowd away to an idyllic beachscape on Tuesday, the last day of the ready-to-wear shows. W...
Oct 02, 2018
Melania Trump arrives in Ghana, 1st stop on Africa tour
ACCRA, Ghana - Melania Trump has arrived in Ghana to open her first major solo international trip as U.S. first lady. She landed in the capital of Accra on Tuesday morning after an overnight flight fr...
Oct 02, 2018
Amazon jumps out ahead of its rivals and raises wages to $15
NEW YORK - Amazon, the business that upended the retailing industry and transformed the way we shop for just about everything, is jumping out ahead of the pack again, announcing a minimum wage of $15 ...
Oct 02, 2018