Category Archives: Canadian Press
Study finds symphony pumps $261M into Massachusetts' economy
BOSTON - A new study says the Boston Symphony Orchestra is making an increasingly noteworthy impact on the state economy. Williams College economist Stephen Sheppard says performances at Symphony Hall...
Apr 7, 2018
Canadian teenage swimmer Taylor Ruck on a roll at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Teenager Taylor Ruck won three more medals in the Commonwealth Games pool Saturday to up her total to five while fellow Canadian Kylie Masse proved she still rules the 100-metr...
Apr 7, 2018
Liberals look to strike the right note in planned changes to Canada Music Fund
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to make long-sought changes next year to a fund aimed at helping Canada’s music industry, about two years after officials first recommended improvemen...
Apr 7, 2018
Not known what caused Saskatchewan bus crash that killed 15: RCMP
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened when a tractor-trailer collided with a hockey team bus at a Saskatchewan highway intersection in a horrific crash that ...
Apr 7, 2018
Canadian gymnast Ellie Black wins second gold at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian gymnast Ellie Black won the women’s individual all-around gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, adding to the gold she won Friday in the team event. ...
Apr 7, 2018
Popular Nigerian musician, daughter killed; husband arrested
LAGOS, Nigeria - Police in Nigeria say they have arrested the Danish husband of a popular local musician who was killed along with their 4-year-old daughter in Lagos. Police spokesman Chike Godwin Oti...
Apr 7, 2018
More police on London streets as murder spike worries locals
LONDON - British police say they are deploying 300 more officers on the streets of London this weekend to confront a spike in stabbing and shootings that has sparked fears about rising crime. There ha...
Apr 7, 2018
Gaza buries journalist killed while covering mass protests
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Hundreds attended the funeral of a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Saturday who was killed while covering mass protests along the Israeli border the previous...
Apr 7, 2018
Indian court grants bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
NEW DELHI - A court on Saturday granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is appealing his conviction on charges of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago. Khan was sente...
Apr 7, 2018
Inquiry into missing, murdered women only scratching the surface: chair
RICHMOND, B.C. - The head of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls says that without an extension, it will feel as though work remains undone. Marion Buller told Th...
Apr 7, 2018