Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rapper Boosie boycotting music event over store fracas
BILOXI, Miss. - Hip-hop star Boosie BadAzz is calling for people to boycott the Biloxi Black Beach Weekend in Mississippi. His dispute began when Boosie was pepper-sprayed by a local mall security gua...
Apr 10, 2018
Jason Kander, rising Democratic Party star, has book deal
NEW YORK - An Afghanistan war veteran, former Missouri state official and rising star in the Democratic Party has a book deal. Jason Kander’s “Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I’ve Lear...
Apr 10, 2018
South African court dismisses Pistorius appeal
JOHANNESBURG - Legal experts say Olympian Oscar Pistorius has finally run out of options to appeal his 13-year prison sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. South Africa’s highest court dis...
Apr 10, 2018
Report: Man tied to Nobel body leaked winner names
COPENHAGEN - A Swedish newspaper says the husband of a member of the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize violated century-old Nobel rules by repeatedly leaking the names of winners of the pres...
Apr 10, 2018
N.S. sailboat captain wins another delay in cocaine-smuggling case
HALIFAX - The lawyer for a sailboat captain who smuggled 250 kilograms of cocaine into Nova Scotia from a small Caribbean island has won yet another court delay. Jacques John Grenier of Hubbards, N.S....
Apr 10, 2018
Used cars, energy-efficient appliances more expensive under Sask. Party budget
REGINA - Buying a used car or energy-efficient appliance in Saskatchewan will get a little more expensive under Premier Scott Moe’s first budget as the government continues to chip away at the d...
Apr 10, 2018
Canadian men down England to reach basketball semifinals at Commonwealth Games
CAIRNS, Australia - Canada defeated England 97-79 Tuesday to earn a berth in the men’s basketball semifinals against New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. Canada is fielding an all-U Sports men...
Apr 10, 2018
Poor People's Campaign to begin 40 days of action next month
RALEIGH, N.C. - As organizers rekindle an economic justice effort the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was planning when he was killed, they are looking at people like Amy Jo Hutchison to lead the way. Hut...
Apr 10, 2018
China files trade complaint against US over steel tariffs
GENEVA - China has filed a World Trade Organization complaint challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hike on imported steel and aluminum, the trade body said Tuesday. The tariff spat i...
Apr 10, 2018
Ruble plunges for 2nd day following US sanctions
MOSCOW - The ruble plunged for the second day in a row on Tuesday following fresh U.S. sanctions against Russia. The Russian currency hit lows against the dollar and euro last seen in 2016, while the ...
Apr 10, 2018