Category Archives: Canadian Press
Inquiry into overruns at Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject to begin in January
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A public inquiry into how the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador went billions of dollars over budget will report by Dec. 31, 2019 - just after the next provincial electi...
Nov 20, 2017
Defence lawyer: Mladic may not be fit to hear verdicts
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A lawyer for Gen. Ratko Mladic said Monday it is not certain the former Bosnian Serb military commander will show up in a United Nations courtroom when judges deliver their ve...
Nov 20, 2017
China's deep ties to Zimbabwe could grow after Mugabe era
HONG KONG - Under Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule over Zimbabwe, China grew into one of the African nation’s biggest investors, trading partners and diplomatic allies. Now, as Zimbabwe a...
Nov 20, 2017
Chinese envoy wraps up North Korea trip after meetings
BEIJING - A high-level Chinese envoy wrapped up a four-day trip to North Korea on Monday after meeting with top officials and discussing the tense state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula and other is...
Nov 20, 2017
3- 2-1, BAM! Georgia Dome imploded in downtown Atlanta
ATLANTA - One of the nation’s largest domed stadiums collapsed Monday into a pile of jagged concrete and a vast cloud of smoke in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta. Nearly 5,000 pounds o...
Nov 20, 2017
New Brunswick says it's the first province to 'fully secure' marijuana supply
ATHOLVILLE, N.B. - New Brunswick says it has become the first province to fully secure its supply of recreational marijuana. It announced a memorandum of understanding with Zenabis to provide four mil...
Nov 20, 2017
New allegation against Franken, this time met with silence
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A woman says Al Franken pulled her in tightly and put his hand on her buttocks in 2010 while posing for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair, the second allegation of improper condu...
Nov 20, 2017
Egyptian singer detained over racy video clip
CAIRO - Security officials say prosecutors have ordered an Egyptian female pop singer detained for a week on accusations of promoting debauchery in a racy video clip. Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old sing...
Nov 20, 2017
Jury selection in Iran sanctions case postponed for 1 week
NEW YORK - A judge postponed jury selection in the trial surrounding a conspiracy to help Iran evade economic sanctions after the star defendant, an international gold trader who had been trying to br...
Nov 20, 2017
Germany: police arrest man over stolen John Lennon objects
BERLIN - German police say they have arrested a man suspected of handling stolen objects from the estate of John Lennon, including diaries. Berlin police said the 58-year-old suspect, whom they didn&#...
Nov 20, 2017