Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau takes personal hit amid SNC-Lavalin controversy: Leger poll for CP
OTTAWA - A new poll conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press shows that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a personal hit in the SNC-Lavalin controversy. Overall, 41 per cent of respondents beli...
Feb 20, 2019
Rhode Island marks 16th anniversary of nightclub fire
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Rhode Island is marking the 16th anniversary of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured more than 200. The Feb. 20, 2003, fire was started when pyrotechnics for the ro...
Feb 20, 2019
Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay lead ACM nominations
NASHVILLE - Chris Stapleton and Dan + Shay lead the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations each while Grammy album of the year winner Kacey Musgraves comes in with five nominations....
Feb 20, 2019
A look at rival Branson vs Maduro concerts for Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela - Dueling concerts are being staged this week on both sides of Venezuela’s border with Colombia. After billionaire Richard Branson announced an aid concert in Colombia on Frid...
Feb 20, 2019
Missing snowshoer found dead in avalanche debris on Vancouver's North Shore
VANCOUVER - Searchers discovered the body of a missing snowshoer in avalanche debris on Vancouver’s North Shore on Wednesday, two days after he was swept away. Peter Haigh of North Shore Rescue ...
Feb 20, 2019
Costume Designers Guild honours Ruth E. Carter, Glenn Close
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ruth E. Carter may be receiving Oscar recognition for her costume designer work on “Black Panther,” but she told a packed room at the Costume Guild Awards on Tuesda...
Feb 20, 2019
Italy becomes ninth international football league to join forces with CFL
TORONTO - Add Italy to the growing list of international football federations working with the CFL. The Federazione Italiana di American Football (FIDAF) and the CFL announced they will team up in a p...
Feb 20, 2019
Weinstein seeks speedy appeal of sex trafficking ruling
NEW YORK - A judge who ruled an aspiring actress can use sex trafficking laws to sue Harvey Weinstein seemed reluctant at a hearing Wednesday to let his decision be appealed before trial. U.S. Distric...
Feb 20, 2019
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
EILAT, Israel - As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope: The corals of the northern Red Sea may survive, and e...
Feb 20, 2019
Gory details emerge about missing woman's suspected demise
DENVER - After months of mostly silence from authorities investigating the disappearance of a Colorado mother on Thanksgiving Day, grim details about her suspected demise emerged this week, including ...
Feb 20, 2019