Category Archives: Canadian Press
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 4 --- OMAR KHADR TO GET $10M, APOLOGY, SOURCE SAYS: The Canadian government will pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million and...
Jul 04, 2017
Auto sales hit one-million mark by midway point of year for first time
TORONTO - Despite slumping passenger car sales, for the first time more than one million new vehicles have been sold in Canada by the midway mark of the year. DesRosiers Automotive Reports says overal...
Jul 04, 2017
Lost German shepherd is returned to B.C. owner with three nails in its head
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The X-rays leave no doubt about what happened, but Maureen Yeo says she still can’t fathom why anyone would shoot three construction nails into her dog’s head. Kuma, ...
Jul 04, 2017
Joey Chestnut wins 10th title, gobbles a record 72 hot dogs
NEW YORK - Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gulped, chomped and powered his way to a 10th title on Tuesday, continuing his record-setting reign as the chowing champion at the annual Nathan’s Fam...
Jul 04, 2017
Greek festival honours striking workers' demands for overtime
ATHENS, Greece - The organizers of Greece’s most prestigious summer cultural festival say they will honour overtime payment demands by workers whose strike has already forced the cancellation of...
Jul 04, 2017
Impact hope to end MLS first half on high note with rare win in muggy Houston
MONTREAL - It always seems to be hot and muggy when the Montreal Impact travel to Houston, which is one reason they have never won there. But they hope to catch the Dynamo in a lull when the teams cla...
Jul 04, 2017
Joey Chestnut defends title, gobbles down record 72 hot dogs
NEW YORK - Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gulped, chomped and powered his way to a 10th title on Tuesday, continuing his record-setting reign as the chowing champion at the annual Nathan’s Fam...
Jul 04, 2017
Tories raised more than Liberals in 2016, but also spent more to do it
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party raised a million more dollars than the Liberals last year, but spent twice as much as the governing party in order to raise the cash. Annual financial reports p...
Jul 04, 2017
Saudi ambassador tells Ottawa to mind its own business in Badawi case
OTTAWA - Canada needs to start minding its own business when it comes to jailed blogger Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador said Tuesday. Badawi was arrested in June 2012 and later sentenced to ...
Jul 04, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games (All times Eastern) MLB American League Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 4 Oakland 7 Chicago White Sox 6 Kansas City 7 Seattle 3 Boston 11, Texas 4 National Leaug...
Jul 04, 2017