Category Archives: Canadian Press
Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M
NEW YORK - Game on for “Ready Player One.” Steven Spielberg’s virtual reality adventure launched slightly above expectations with $53.7 million over the four-day Easter weekend and $...
Apr 2, 2018
Ethical eating debate arises after vegan protesters target Toronto restaurant
TORONTO - A confrontation between animal rights activists and the owner of a restaurant who protesters say cut up and ate a piece of meat in front of them has inflamed tensions between vegans and sust...
Apr 2, 2018
Federal government promises $4.1 billion for B.C. infrastructure
VANCOUVER - Ottawa has announced a new multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal with British Columbia, just a week after a report found the federal government was falling behind on the spending program...
Apr 2, 2018
Liberal MP who weathered gun-registry fight not worried about new firearms bill
OTTAWA - He’s the Liberal MP for a large, rural Ontario riding with lots of gun owners, but Bob Nault says he is not worried about a voter backlash over the government’s new firearms bill....
Apr 2, 2018
Meek Mill's bid for release while he appeals turned down
PHILADELPHIA - A judge is keeping rapper Meek Mill behind bars while he appeals a prison sentence for violating probation. Philadelphia Judge Genece Brinkley last Thursday turned down Mill’s bid...
Apr 2, 2018
Man can return to Victoria's Empress hotel years after seagull, pepperoni uproar
VICTORIA - A Nova Scotia man banned from Victoria’s stately Fairmont Empress hotel is welcome back after apologizing for an incident more than 17 years ago in which seagulls hungry for pepperoni...
Apr 2, 2018
Trump administration sues California over sales of US land
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday sued California over a law that aims to give the state power to override the sale of federal lands, the latest battle between President...
Apr 2, 2018
$1M bond for man accused of murder, discarding body in trash
CLEVELAND - A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a garbage can at an abandoned house in Cleveland has had his bond set at $1 million. Bond for 35-year-old Yaphet Bradley ...
Apr 2, 2018
Canada's Gushue gets away with a win at men's world curling championship
LAS VEGAS - After a win that felt like an escape, Brad Gushue was thinking about bubbles and how to get in one. The Canadian skip felt lucky to steal a point in the 10th end for an 8-7 win over Italy&...
Apr 2, 2018
Former rugby sevens captain Jen Kish to miss Commonwealth Games through injury
GOLD COAST, Australia - Former Canadian captain Jen Kish will miss the debut of women’s rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games due to injury. Kish, who led Canada to a bronze medal at the Rio Ol...
Apr 2, 2018