Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ex-CFL player Arland Bruce III asks Supreme Court to allow concussion lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League star receiver who says he sustained “permanent and disabling” repetitive head trauma as a player has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to allo...
Aug 16, 2017
U.S. magazine talks up friendship between senior Trudeau, Trump advisers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been getting a lot of attention from international media, but now the spotlight has landed on his senior adviser, Gerald Butts, and his dealings with a conte...
Aug 16, 2017
Petition urges head of Indigenous veterans group to resign after online posts
SASKATOON - There are calls for the head of an Indigenous veterans group to step down because of controversial social media posts about gay people, Muslims and women. Jesse Donovan, who was a reservis...
Aug 16, 2017
Survey: Citizens of many US allies trust Putin over Trump
WASHINGTON - Vladimir Putin is more trusted than Donald Trump to do the right thing for the world among citizens of numerous U.S. allies, including Japan, South Korea and seven European NATO members, ...
Aug 16, 2017
Scholars say Trump went afoul in lumping Lee with founders
Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families. Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Don...
Aug 16, 2017
Cruise ankle break halts 'Mission: Impossible 6' production
LOS ANGELES - Production has shut down on “Mission: Impossible 6” due to star Tom Cruise’s broken ankle. Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that production will go on hiatus while Cru...
Aug 16, 2017
Dangerously cheesy? Cheetos pop-up restaurant opens in NYC
NEW YORK - Gourmet fun or just plain cheesy? A three-day pop-up restaurant devoted to Cheetos, yes Cheetos, opened in Manhattan on Tuesday, with every table already booked with diners ready to pay bet...
Aug 16, 2017
B.C.'s wildfire season surpasses 1958 record for amount of land burned
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s wildfires have destroyed a record amount of forest, brush and grassland, surpassing the devastation of nearly 60 years ago. Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wildfir...
Aug 16, 2017
Residents file court challenge of tire-burning pilot project in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A group of residents who live near a cement plant that plans to burn tires as fuel has launched a court challenge arguing the Nova Scotia government’s approval of the project violated ...
Aug 16, 2017
Fed officials split in July over inflation worries
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers were worried last month about inflation, but for two opposing reasons. One group of Federal Reserve policymakers felt inflation was falling too low and argued...
Aug 16, 2017