Category Archives: Canadian Press
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay buys interest in Belmont horse
NEW YORK - Celebrity chef Bobby Flay hopes he’s cooked up another winner in the Belmont Stakes. Flay purchased 25 per cent interest in J Boys Echo on Wednesday before the draw that assigned post...
Jun 08, 2017
Sporty hijabs encourage Muslim girls to hit field of play
PORTLAND, Maine - Muslim student athletes at one U.S. high school no longer have to be slowed down by worries that their headscarves might fall off. Deering High School in Portland, Maine, is providin...
Jun 08, 2017
Annual pace of housing starts slips lower in May compared with April
OTTAWA - The annual pace of housing starts in Canada slipped more than expected in May compared with April. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing st...
Jun 08, 2017
Climate deal pull-out may speed up damage to Trump property
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially...
Jun 08, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's dodgy data on health care, stimulus
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has tried to give new life to a Republican health care bill that’s facing uncertain prospects in Congress, using a speech about infrastructure in Cincinnati t...
Jun 08, 2017
Congressional hearings have a high-stakes history
WASHINGTON - This city knows how to do big hearings - even Titanic ones. Dramatic congressional hearings are something of a Washington art form, a rite of democracy carefully crafted for the cameras. ...
Jun 08, 2017
Trump punches back, accuses Comey of lying to Congress
WASHINGTON - Punching back a day after his fired FBI director’s damaging testimony, President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress and said he was “100 per cent&...
Jun 08, 2017
Comey and Trump: 2 alpha males face off over dinner
WASHINGTON - The setting: the Green Room, dinner for two. No witnesses but the Navy stewards shuttling in and out with food and drinks. The president demands loyalty. The FBI director offers honesty. ...
Jun 08, 2017
The Latest: ECB president sees inflation still subdued
FRANKFURT - The Latest on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting (all times local): 2:45 p.m. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says inflation indicators “have yet to sh...
Jun 08, 2017
European Central Bank keeps stimulus program, interest rates unchanged despite higher economic growth
FRANKFURT - European Central Bank keeps stimulus program, interest rates unchanged despite higher economic growth. The Associated Press
Jun 08, 2017