Category Archives: Canadian Press
Sirius XM buys stake in music streaming site Pandora
NEW YORK - Online music service Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services. It is selling a 19 per cent stake to satellite radio company Sirius XM for $480 m...
Jun 09, 2017
Canvassers charged in fake, fraudulent voter registrations
INDIANAPOLIS - Twelve employees of a Democrat-linked group focused on mobilizing black voters in Indiana are accused of submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications ahead of last year...
Jun 09, 2017
U.S. trade commission to continue investigating Boeing case against Bombardier
MONTREAL - The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously Friday for the government to continue its investigation into allegations by Boeing that Bombardier’s CSeries jets are being u...
Jun 09, 2017
South Wales Ironmen looking forward to visit by high-flying Toronto Wolfpack
Winless in nine games this season, the South Wales Ironmen can expect a long day at the office Saturday when the league-leading Toronto Wolfpack come to visit. But South Wales coach Phil Carleton says...
Jun 09, 2017
Raikkonen's Ferrari sets pace in Canadian GP practice, Stroll 17th
MONTREAL - If Lance Stroll felt any jitters during his first laps around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve they didn’t show on the 18-year-old Formula One rookie. Stroll, a Montreal native driving for t...
Jun 09, 2017
Russia says US-led coalition colludes with IS in Syria
MOSCOW - The Russian military on Friday accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria of providing safe corridors for the Islamic State group to leave the area around its stronghold of Raqqa. Col. Gen. Serg...
Jun 09, 2017
B.C. Lions running back Jeremiah Johnson eager for increased role in 2017
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Jeremiah Johnson understood and accepted the plan. That doesn’t mean he liked it. The B.C. Lions running back split time with Anthony Allen last season as the club aimed to keep...
Jun 09, 2017
Canadian arrested in New Zealand after meth allegedly found in candles
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Authorities in New Zealand say a 36-year-old Canadian man has been arrested after customs officers allegedly found 4.8 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of cand...
Jun 09, 2017
Cyprus peace talks summit set for June 28
NICOSIA, Cyprus - A summit aiming to reach a breakthrough agreement reunifying the ethnically divided Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus will be held on June 28 in Geneva, Switzerland, a spokesman ...
Jun 09, 2017
Canadian figure skaters Duhamel, Radford fire coach eight months before Olympics
Meagan Duhamel pauses for a moment to collect her thoughts. The question is a simple one: Why would the Canadian figure skater and pairs partner Eric Radford - world champions in both 2015 and 2016 - ...
Jun 09, 2017