Category Archives: Canadian Press
Gymnastics coach charged with allegedly sexually assaulting teen girl
A gymnastics coach has been charged with numerous sexual offences involving a teen girl, police west of Toronto said Tuesday. Peel regional police say they were approached earlier this year by a 15-ye...
Jan 30, 2018
Nova Scotia plans 'modest' start on marijuana sales -- just nine stores
HALIFAX - Cannabis will be sold at only nine Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation stores when the drug is officially legalized in July, the province announced Tuesday. Pot will be sold at four outlets in th...
Jan 30, 2018
US home prices post 6.2 per cent increase
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose a sharply in November, lifted by a shortage of homes on the market. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home pr...
Jan 30, 2018
Toronto home sales expected to slip, but average prices forecast to climb
TORONTO - The Toronto Real Estate Board expects fewer home sales this year compared with 2017, but the average selling price to creep higher. The board is forecasting total sales between 85,000 and 95...
Jan 30, 2018
New TV talker Christie says Trump shouldn't sit with Mueller
TRENTON, N.J. - Chris Christie does not think President Donald Trump should sit down face to face with special prosecutor Robert Mueller. The former Republican governor of New Jersey spoke Tuesday dur...
Jan 30, 2018
Britain's Prince William, Kate try bandy hockey in Sweden
STOCKHOLM - Britain’s Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge took a shot at bandy Tuesday to kick off a visit to Sweden and Norway - with William winning a penalty shootout in the game, a Swedi...
Jan 30, 2018
Louvre displays art looted by Nazis, hopes to find owners
PARIS - The Louvre Museum is putting 31 paintings on permanent display in an effort to find the rightful owners of those and other works of art looted by Nazis during World War II. The Paris museum op...
Jan 30, 2018
Attorney for the late Aaron Hernandez writing a book
NEW YORK - The defence attorney for the late Aaron Hernandez is writing a book about the former NFL star and promises “shocking revelations.” Jose Baez’s “Unnecessary Roughness...
Jan 30, 2018
Amazon, Buffett and JPMorgan join forces on health care
Three of corporate America’s heaviest hitters - Amazon, Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase - sent a shudder through the health industry Tuesday when they announced plans to jointly create a compa...
Jan 30, 2018
Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate bishop
VATICAN CITY - After coming under excoriating public criticism, Pope Francis decided Tuesday to send the Vatican’s most respected sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate a bishop accused by vi...
Jan 30, 2018