Category Archives: Canadian Press
Columbus settling suit by pair arrested with Stormy Daniels
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on a settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by two women arrested along with adult film actress Stormy Daniels at a strip club las...
Jan 25, 2019
Roughriders look internally, hire Craig Dickenson as new head coach
REGINA - Jeremy O’Day didn’t have to look far to find a new head coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and ensure an easy transition with free agency starting in just over two weeks. The ...
Jan 25, 2019
U.S. hunters use duck hunting ruse to bag illegal quarry in Canada: ministry
REGINA - Several charges related to illegal hunting in Saskatchewan have been laid against two men from Missouri who were found guilty last month in one of that state’s largest deer-poaching cas...
Jan 25, 2019
As U.S. air travel stalls, Trump agrees to halt shutdown temporarily
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sounded a full retreat Friday in his border-wall war with Congress, agreeing to a three-week pause in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history just as the im...
Jan 25, 2019
RCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
KINGSTON, Ont. - The RCMP have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, saying the person - who cannot be identified - allegedly tried to persuade someone to plant a bomb. A second individual, who cam...
Jan 25, 2019
Sundance is homecoming for Julianne Moore and husband
PARK CITY, Utah - For director Bart Freundlich and Julianne Moore, having their film “After the Wedding” premiere opening at the Sundance Film Festival holds a special significance. Moore ...
Jan 25, 2019
'Restore and rebuild Waterton:' $21M from Ottawa for fire- damaged national park
CALGARY - Ottawa is spending almost $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta bounce back from a destructive wildfire that scorched nearly 40 per cent of it. “This...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada's Mirela Rahneva wins World Cup skeleton race
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Canada’s Mirela Rahneva captured her second career World Cup skeleton gold medal at the birthplace of sliding sports on Friday. The 30-year-old Ottawa racer gave Canada...
Jan 25, 2019
Travel groups praise deal on shutdown after flight delays
Politicians couldn’t overcome their differences and end the government shutdown over five weeks. Six air traffic controllers might have done it in a day. Six of the 13 controllers who normally s...
Jan 25, 2019
No sleep for Alberta sheep farmer after cougar rampage in livestock corral
COCHRANE, Alta. - A southern Alberta farmer says he’s still trying to get over the shock of losing most of his sheep herd in a cougar attack. Barry Richards, who farms in the Cochrane area, says...
Jan 25, 2019