Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump wants $108M for deeper ports; Corps adds $56M boost
SAVANNAH, Ga. - President Donald Trump wants $108 million to deepen harbours for two U.S. seaports, while other ports scrambling to make room for larger cargo ships will benefit from a boost of more t...
May 24, 2017
Agent feared leak of Trump tax returns could affect election
BATON ROUGE, La. - Less than two weeks before Election Day, federal agents descended on a hotel lobby to meet a Louisiana private investigator they believed had illegally tried to obtain Donald Trump&...
May 24, 2017
Passenger: airline was warned about disruptive man at gate
HONOLULU - Before a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu took off carrying a passenger whose inflight behaviour prompted bomb-threat procedures and military fighter jets to escort the plane, passengers...
May 24, 2017
TSA tests screening larger electronic devices separately
Travellers at some U.S. airports are being asked to place electronic devices bigger than a cellphone in separate bins so that they can be examined more closely. The Transportation Security Administrat...
May 24, 2017
Top Venezuela prosecutor says protester killed by police
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s chief prosecutor further distanced herself from the socialist administration Wednesday, deepening the widest rift in a government that has otherwise presented a ...
May 24, 2017
Major sponsor pulls support from Alaska's Iditarod race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The world’s most famous sled dog race has lost a major backer, and Alaska race officials are blaming animal rights organizations for pressuring corporate sponsors outside the...
May 24, 2017
Metrolinx appealing latest court loss over $770M contract with Bombardier
TORONTO - Metrolinx has filed an appeal questioning the decision of an Ontario judge last month that preserved the transit agency’s contract with Bombardier Transportation. The notice of appeal ...
May 24, 2017
Jury rules with school in fight over California strawberries
FRESNO, Calif. - A renowned strawberry researcher in California broke patent law and violated a loyalty pledge to his former university by taking his work with him to profit from it in a private compa...
May 24, 2017
Pekka Rinne has Nashville in 1st Final with smothering run
NASHVILLE - Knocking the smile off Pekka Rinne’s face right now is nearly impossible. The longest-tenured player with the Nashville Predators, the 34-year-old goaltender finally will play in his...
May 24, 2017
8 California guards, 7 inmates sent to hospital after brawl
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A fight between two California prisoners quickly raged out of control Wednesday and forced correctional officers to open fire to stop a melee that sent eight guards and seven inma...
May 24, 2017