Category Archives: Canadian Press
Teenage opener sets the pace as Canada defeats Oman in cricket play
KAMPALA, Uganda - Teenage opener Bhavindu Adhihetty scored 44 runs and Rizwan Cheema added 42 as Canada defeated Oman by 83 runs Wednesday in ICC World Cricket League Division 3 play. The win raised C...
May 24, 2017
Liberals add $142 million in spending to solve Phoenix pay problems
OTTAWA - The federal government is pouring more money into the bug-addled Phoenix payroll system in hopes of getting closer to solving the ongoing boondoggle - and it’s blaming the previous Cons...
May 24, 2017
Endangered salamanders put quarry on hold as residents fight against project
A group of Ontario residents trying to ward off the development of a new quarry in their community say they have found two endangered salamanders that they hope will convince authorities to put an end...
May 24, 2017
'Clerks' actress Lisa Spoonauer dies in New Jersey at 44
JACKSON, N.J. - An actress who starred in the 1994 award-winning movie “Clerks” has died. Lisa Spoonauer was 44. The George Hassler Funeral Home says Spoonauer died Sunday at her home in J...
May 24, 2017
Canadian band Broken Social Scene plays Manchester show one day after attack
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom - Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene has played the first show of their European tour in Manchester. The performance comes a day after a suicide bombing at an Aria...
May 24, 2017
The Latest: 2 blacks on Cosby case of 12; alternates picked
PITTSBURGH - The Latest on jury selection in Bill Cosby’s sex assault case (all times local) 6 p.m. All 12 jurors and six alternates have been chosen for the Pennsylvania jury that will hear Bil...
May 24, 2017
In Trump's private moments, it's small talk and compliments
JERUSALEM - What do world leaders talk about when they are alone? Not much, it seems. President Donald Trump spent part of his two-day visit to Israel with open microphones nearby, giving the world a ...
May 24, 2017
Trump's food stamp cuts face hard sell in Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash food stamps by a third will be a hard sell in Congress, even as Republicans have tried repeatedly to scale back the program’s $70 bi...
May 24, 2017
Turkey orders 139 detained for suspected links to cleric
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have issued detention warrants for 139 public employees who are suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused ...
May 24, 2017
1 killed, dozens injured in caste violence in northern India
LUCKNOW, India - Police rushed forces to a north Indian town on Wednesday and arrested dozens of people to stop clashes that erupted when upper caste Hindus fired on Dalits belonging to the lowest run...
May 24, 2017