Category Archives: Canadian Press
US consumer spending surged 1 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - Consumers boosted their spending by 1 per cent in September, the biggest gain in eight years. The surge was fueled by robust demand across sectors, especially autos in the wake of recent ...
Oct 30, 2017
Revolutionaries to supernovas: Glamour names women of 2017
NEW YORK - It’s been one epic year for women, a notion definitely not lost on Glamour magazine as it named U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, 27 key facilitators of the Women’s March on Washington a...
Oct 30, 2017
Husband, wife who survived Las Vegas shooting die in crash
LAS VEGAS - A husband and wife from California who survived the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival died several weeks after the Oct. 1 massacre in an auto crash. The Las Vegas Review-...
Oct 30, 2017
Toronto FC president Bill Manning knows all about starting at the bottom
When Toronto FC fans displayed a huge banner saying “Started from the bottom, now we’re here” at the home regular-season finale, team president Bill Manning had every reason to smile...
Oct 30, 2017
Police: Danish inventor admits dismembering journalist
TALLINN, Estonia - She was a promising young journalist, tested in trouble spots throughout the world, reporting on a Danish inventor famed for building what was thought to be the world’s larges...
Oct 30, 2017
Spanish shooting athletes detained at Abu Dhabi airport
MADRID - Four members of Spain’s shooting team have been detained at an airport in the United Arab Emirates because of problems with their weapons’ documentation. The Spanish shooting fede...
Oct 30, 2017
Ex-Trump adviser's guilty plea poised to rattle White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump dismissed George Papadopoulos on Tuesday as a “liar” and a mere campaign volunteer, but newly unsealed court papers outline the former adviser’s f...
Oct 30, 2017
Quebec daycare educators hold one-day strike, affecting 21,000 children
MONTREAL - More than 11,000 daycare workers staged a one-day walkout across Quebec on Monday, forcing thousands of parents to seek alternate arrangements for their children. The job action affected so...
Oct 30, 2017
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel reopens after construction shutdown
DETROIT - An underwater commuter traffic tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., has reopened after being shut down for more than a week as part of a nearly $22-million renovation project. The Detro...
Oct 30, 2017
German coalition negotiator urges calmer approach
BERLIN - A leading negotiator in talks to form Germany’s next government is urging all involved to “go down a gear” after a stalemate over contentious issues was accompanied by mutua...
Oct 30, 2017