Category Archives: Canadian Press

Father-daughter rowing team arrives in Antigua after crossing the Atlantic
After spending three months rowing a small boat across the moody Atlantic Ocean, father-daughter duo John and Libby Beeden say they’re wobbly but relieved to have arrived on solid land. It wasn&...
Mar 01, 2019
Brothers in Smollett case say they have 'tremendous regret'
CHICAGO - Two brothers who told police that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett paid them $3,500 to help stage an attack on himself in Chicago say they regret their involvement in the incident....
Mar 01, 2019
Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli on cooking with her 11-yr-old
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Alex Guarnaschelli might be a revered judge on TV’s Chopped, one of the few female iron chefs and the author of two bestselling cookbooks, but in her 11-year-old daughter...
Mar 01, 2019

Lyft reveals big growth but no profits as it readies for IPO
NEW YORK - Lyft is growing quickly ahead of its initial public offering but continues to bleed money and may struggle to turn a profit, according to a federal filing. The company released its financia...
Mar 01, 2019
US military says airstrike in Somalia kills 26 al-Shabab
NAIROBI, Kenya - The United States military on Friday said it had killed 26 fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike in central Somalia, after a pair of strikes earlier this week ...
Mar 01, 2019
Young adult novel pulled amid online criticisms
NEW YORK - The author of a debut young adult novel has pulled his book amid criticism of how it portrayed the Kosovo War of the late 1990s. Kosoko Jackson tweeted Thursday that he had asked his publis...
Mar 01, 2019

Million litres of crude oil released in Manitoba train derailment: TSB
WINNIPEG - Investigators say at least one million litres of petroleum crude oil were released when a freight train derailed last month on a ranch in western Manitoba. The update from the Transportatio...
Mar 01, 2019
Toronto FC still a team under construction as 2019 MLS season kicks off
TORONTO - Ask Toronto FC president Bill Manning what he heard from supporters in the off-season and the answer is simple. “They’re saying we don’t want to sit through another season ...
Mar 01, 2019

Captain Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 179 in Algarve Cup win over Scotland
LAGOS, Portugal - Captain Christine Sinclair rescued Canada with an 81st-minute penalty in a 1-0 win over Scotland at the Algarve Cup on Friday. It was her 179th career international goal, moving Sinc...
Mar 01, 2019
As Brexit looms, UK 'preppers' stock up and hunker down
LONDON - For almost as long as Britain and the European Union have been wrangling over Brexit, Melvin Burton has been preparing for a bumpy landing. He’s growing vegetables, drying fruit and buy...
Mar 01, 2019