Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mary J. Blige, NAS, Pharrell on tap for 2019 Essence Fest
NEW ORLEANS - The 2019 Essence Festival will feature headlining performances by Mary J. Blige and rappers NAS, Pharrell, Jermaine Dupri and Missy Elliott as Essence Magazine’s “party with ...
Feb 25, 2019
French prosecutors drop rape case against Luc Besson
Paris prosecutors say a rape investigation targeting filmmaker Luc Besson has been dropped because of a lack of evidence. A woman had filed a complaint in May accusing the 59-year-old director of drug...
Feb 25, 2019
High winds, blowing snow cause highway chaos, power outages in parts of Ontario
A blast of winter weather that included damaging winds and blowing snow caused chaos on highways in southern Ontario and left thousands of people without power, authorities said Monday. A major crash ...
Feb 25, 2019
'Fixer Upper' couple buys historic castle in Texas
WACO, Texas - Chip and Joanna Gaines’ latest home project is quite the fixer-upper. The Texas couple made famous by HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” home improvement show closed last week ...
Feb 25, 2019
'Much, much slower:' Coroner promises change after Humboldt mix-up
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s chief coroner says a public mix-up in identifying two hockey players involved in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash means, in the future, his office will be more caref...
Feb 25, 2019
Loading Up: Winnipeg Jets acquire Hayes from Rangers in one of six trades
WINNIPEG - Kevin Cheveldayoff made a league-high six trades on Monday, but whether quantity produces quality on the ice remains to be seen. The Jets general manager started the day picking up big cent...
Feb 25, 2019
More money needed to deal with civil service pay problems, unions say
OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget must include more money to stabilize the disastrous Phoenix pay system for government employees, and to launch its replacement, the country’s biggest civil s...
Feb 25, 2019
Canada's Milos Raonic loses first-round match to unseeded opponent in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada’s Milos Raonic lost 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in a first-round upset at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday. The sev...
Feb 25, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays' spring training home also becoming known for craft beer
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Blue Jays baseball has become synonymous with Dunedin in the decades since the team set up its spring training camp there in 1977. But there’s another B word that’s entrenc...
Feb 25, 2019
2 arrested in robbery of California news crew
OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men have been arrested in the shooting of the security guard for a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers’ strike, authorities said Monday. KPIX said...
Feb 25, 2019