Category Archives: Canadian Press

AP sources: Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos report
NEW YORK - The National Enquirer’s alleged attempts to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid’s parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and...
Feb 08, 2019
'Young and the Restless' to air tribute to Kristoff St. John
LOS ANGELES - The “Young and the Restless” is remembering Kristoff St. John with a series of special episodes. The CBS soap opera on Friday will broadcast a special tribute to the actor, w...
Feb 08, 2019

From 'Tom Jones' to 'Skyfall': star Albert Finney dies at 82
LONDON - Albert Finney, one of the most respected and versatile actors of his generation and the star of films as diverse as “Tom Jones” and “Skyfall,” has died. He was 82. Fro...
Feb 08, 2019
British, Irish leaders to meet amid Brexit tensions
LONDON - The British and Irish leaders were meeting Friday to discuss the Irish border - and mend fences - amid rising tensions between Britain and the European Union over Brexit. British Prime Minist...
Feb 08, 2019
Canadian Alena Sharp in top five at LPGA event
BARWON HEADS, Australia - Canada’s Alena Sharp is tied for fifth at the halfway mark of the LPGA Tour’s ISPS Handa Vic Open. The Hamilton golfer shot a 3-under 69 in the second round on Fr...
Feb 08, 2019

Boston Marathon survivor struck by car won't run this year
BOSTON - First, she lost a leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Then, last month, she got hit by a car. Yet Adrianne Haslet hasn’t lost her nerve - or her resolve. The professional dancer to...
Feb 08, 2019
Thai princess finds tumult in politics, like life
BANGKOK - Princess Ubolratana Mahidol, the first child of Thailand’s beloved late king, has always been a bit of a rebel, and on Friday she shook Thai society by becoming the first member of the...
Feb 08, 2019
Authorities: Carbon monoxide sickens 12, shutters school
FLEETWOOD, Pa. - A Pennsylvania school has been shuttered after 12 people were sickened there by carbon monoxide. Fleetwood Area Schools Superintendent Greg Miller says a community theatre group was p...
Feb 08, 2019

Ottawa awards design contract for $60-billion warship fleet to Lockheed Martin
HALIFAX - The federal government awarded U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin a long-awaited contract to design its $60-billion fleet of warships despite lingering questions about the selection process ...
Feb 08, 2019

'He plays with an edge': skill, attitude key for Vancouver's Bowen Byram
VANCOUVER - Minutes after he was drafted by the Washington Capitals last year, Alex Kannok Leipert got a call from his best friend and Vancouver Giants teammate. Bowen Byram simply couldn’t cont...
Feb 08, 2019