Category Archives: Canadian Press
After doping scandals, Russia touts reformed testing agency
MOSCOW - After almost two years under suspension, the Russian anti-doping agency wants to show it’s capable of cleaning up a tainted sports scene. The agency, known as RUSADA, boasts of anti-cor...
Aug 18, 2017
QuickList: July inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.2 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - New...
Aug 18, 2017
Big catch! Drunken woman allegedly bites fisherman's line
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - It wasn’t exactly the catch a Florida man was hoping for while fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. Instead, deputies say a drunken 22-year-old woman cursed at him before swimmin...
Aug 18, 2017
QuickList: July inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.2 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...
Aug 18, 2017
Canadian inflation perks up for first time since January, hits 1.2% in July
OTTAWA - The annual inflation rate accelerated last month for the first time since January for a result that supported the view consumer prices are set to rise with the improving economy. Statistics C...
Aug 18, 2017
Barcelona's victims include US man celebrating anniversary
PARIS - The dead and injured in Barcelona were a snapshot of the world - men, women and children from nearly three dozen nations - testifying to the huge global appeal of the sun-kissed city. Families...
Aug 18, 2017
Charlottesville mayor calls for swift removal of Lee statue
RICHMOND, Va. - The mayor of Charlottesville on Friday called for an emergency meeting of state lawmakers to confirm the city’s right to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a requ...
Aug 18, 2017
NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Forty years after blasting off, Earth’s most distant ambassadors - the twin Voyager spacecraft - are carrying sounds and music of our planet ever deeper into the cosmos. T...
Aug 18, 2017
Bombardier says Russian worker charged with bribery doesn't reflect its values
MONTREAL - Bombardier says the filing of formal criminal charges in Sweden on Friday against a railway employee doesn’t reflect its values. “We take these allegations very seriously as the...
Aug 18, 2017
Vietnam battles dengue outbreaks with 42 per cent more cases
HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam has been battling raging dengue fever outbreaks with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past week stretching its medical system. The number of admitted patients...
Aug 18, 2017