Category Archives: Canadian Press
Meet the luckiest woman in Newfoundland: 'Who doesn't love free stuff?'
PARADISE, N.L. - Kirbie Humber could be the luckiest woman in Newfoundland. She has been on a hot streak for a year, winning at least one contest a month, and sometimes more. “It’s like, &...
Feb 13, 2019
McGill receives record-setting $200-million donation for graduate scholarships
Montreal’s McGill University has received what it says is the single largest donation in Canadian history in the form of a $200-million gift towards a graduate scholarship program. McGill said W...
Feb 13, 2019
Case of newborn seized in hospital to be back in court in March
WINNIPEG - A family trying to get back a newborn who was seen in a social media video being taken away by police in a Winnipeg hospital is to be back in court in March. The video of the infant was bro...
Feb 13, 2019
Trombonists who died in 2018 honoured with music in Cleveland
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The late American jazz great Urbie Green and three other accomplished trombonists who died in 2018 will be remembered Saturday at a musical event in Cleveland. Living trombone stars J...
Feb 13, 2019
Free-agent receiver Duron Carter signs one-year deal with B.C. Lions
Duron Carter is a B.C. Lion. The colourful receiver signed a one-year deal with B.C. on Wednesday, the second day of CFL free agency. "Players of Duron's remarkable ability are what make our league sp...
Feb 13, 2019
Trudeau faces critics inside and outside party as Wilson-Raybould scandal swirls
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a backlash within and outside his own party after Jody Wilson-Raybould’s sudden resignation from his cabinet. The veterans-affairs minister quit ...
Feb 13, 2019
US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, ...
Feb 13, 2019
Suicide bomber targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard kills 27
TEHRAN, Iran - A suicide car bomber claimed by an al-Qaida-linked group attacked a bus carrying members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 27 peop...
Feb 13, 2019
2 managers of New Delhi hotel where fire killed 17 arrested
NEW DELHI - Two managers of a New Delhi budget hotel where a fire killed 17 people have been arrested, police said Wednesday. The general manager of the Arpit Palace Hotel, Rajender Singh, and manager...
Feb 13, 2019
UK government downplays suggestion it will seek Brexit delay
LONDON - The British government on Wednesday downplayed a report that its chief Brexit negotiator said lawmakers will have to choose between backing Prime Minister Theresa May’s unpopular divorc...
Feb 13, 2019