Category Archives: Canadian Press
$50M settlement approved for DuPont mercury contamination
WAYNESBORO, Va. - Chemical company DuPont will pay about $50 million under an environmental settlement that aims to make up for decades of mercury pollution one of its factories released into the Sout...
Jul 31, 2017
Drug suspect arrested after 30 years on the lam
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - After 30 years on the run, a foreign national wanted on federal drug charges has been captured. Officials from the U.S. Marshal’s Office said Monday that 68-year-old Colombian ...
Jul 31, 2017
Army corps to release delayed report on blocking Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will release a previously delayed report on measures that could be taken at an Illinois waterway chokepoint to prevent Asian carp from r...
Jul 31, 2017
Former US diplomat liable in slavery, sex trafficking case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former U.S. diplomat who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was found liable for the second time Monday for enslaving and sexually trafficking a woman who worked as a housekeeper....
Jul 31, 2017
Harvard sorry directory erroneously said Scaramucci was dead
BOSTON - Harvard Law School apologized Monday after its new alumni directory erroneously listed ousted White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci as dead. The directory included an asteris...
Jul 31, 2017
Singh leads NDP leadership fundraising figures in second quarter
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was last to enter the federal NDP leadership race, but he’s first in fundraising. Financial reports filed with Elections Canada for the second quarter of 2017 indicate tha...
Jul 31, 2017
IAAF not ready to lift Russia's suspension from track
LONDON - The IAAF is not ready to lift Russia’s suspension from track and field competitions as the country fails to fully accept the findings of an investigation into its state-sponsored doping...
Jul 31, 2017
Woman says she had teen sexual relationship with Pete Rose
PHILADELPHIA - A woman said she had a sexual relationship with Pete Rose in the 1970s, starting when she was 14 or 15 years old, according to her sworn testimony submitted to a court Monday. The testi...
Jul 31, 2017
Man who gave up ASIMIL8 licence plate compares government to Star Trek's Borg
WINNIPEG - A “Star Trek” fan who had to give up a personalized licence plate says the Manitoba government is acting like a villain on the science fiction series. Nick Troller is heading to...
Jul 31, 2017
Alberta moves problem grizzly bear from outside Banff area to remote park
BANFF, Alta. - A feisty female grizzly that came too close to people too often has been moved far away from her stomping grounds in Banff National Park and the Canmore area to protect public safety. P...
Jul 31, 2017