Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta Health Services says student at Edmonton elementary school has diptheria
EDMONTON - A case of diphtheria has been confirmed in an Edmonton elementary student. Alberta Health Services says they will contact those who were in close contact with the student. It says no other ...
Nov 09, 2017
Attorney: O.J. Simpson banned from Las Vegas hotel-casino
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson’s attorney says the former football star has been banned from The Cosmopolitan hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne on Thursday told The Associated Press...
Nov 09, 2017
Fox's Smith avoids story covered heavily by colleagues
NEW YORK - While Fox News Channel has spent hours talking about Hillary Clinton and an Obama-era uranium deal in recent weeks, its news anchor Shepard Smith avoided the story entirely. Fresh evidence ...
Nov 09, 2017
Disney hopes for its next blockbuster in newest 'Star Wars'
NEW YORK - Disney’s $4 billion deal for Lucasfilm and “Star Wars” just keeps getting better for the House of Mouse. The company is banking on the latest installments, “The Last...
Nov 09, 2017
RCMP end search of British Columbia farm where human remains found
SALMON ARM , B.C. - The RCMP have completed their search of a British Columbia farm where the remains of an 18-year-old woman were found. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the rural property near Salmon Arm was ...
Nov 09, 2017
Celebration of life for former Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay to be held Tuesday
NEW YORK - A celebration of life for former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay will be held next week in Florida at the spring-training home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Halladay was killed Tuesd...
Nov 09, 2017
Montreal's Olympic Stadium to get new roof for $250 million
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says Montreal’s Olympic Stadium will have a new, $250 million roof by 2023. Tourism Minister Julie Boulet said on Thursday that the province doesn’t know y...
Nov 09, 2017
Results of study on stenting chest pain patients misinterpreted: researchers
TORONTO - It’s hard to believe that a single small study could cause such a hullabaloo, but that’s been the case with a research paper that looked at the effectiveness of using stents to o...
Nov 09, 2017
Canadian man arrested in U.S. over ex's death will be extradited: court docs
A man arrested in the U.S. in connection with the slaying of his ex-girlfriend in southern Ontario will be extradited back to Canada after a Texas court found the evidence against him was “exten...
Nov 09, 2017
City clerk searching for owner of dentures left at polls
PORTLAND, Maine - A city clerk in Maine is looking for the owner of a set of dentures left behind in a polling booth. The Portland Press Herald reports the false teeth were discovered during Tuesday...
Nov 09, 2017