Category Archives: Canadian Press
Jet owned by Elvis to be auctioned after sitting 30 years
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley and featured on the National Geographic Channel is set to be auctioned after sitting on a runway in New Mexico for 30 years. The red 1962 ...
May 22, 2017
Jury selection begins for man accused of killing Baby Doe
BOSTON - Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of a man charged in the killing of a 2-year-old girl whose image was shared by millions of social media users after her body washed up on a Bos...
May 22, 2017
First lady Melania Trump visits leading Israeli hospital
JERUSALEM - U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Monday visited a leading Israeli hospital that is also known as a centre of coexistence between Arabs and Jews. Mrs. Trump was in Jerusalem with President ...
May 22, 2017
Trudeau heads to NATO, G7 summits, where Trump is top of mind for world leaders
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Europe this week for the NATO and G7 summits, where global leaders are trying to figure out exactly how the world works now that U.S. President Donald T...
May 22, 2017
Philippe Couillard says Quebec needs to take care of Bombardier
HAIFA, Israel - Quebec’s premier says the province needs to take care of Bombardier because of its unique importance to the province. Philippe Couillard is urging Quebecers to support the transp...
May 22, 2017
Former NHL all-star, Summit Series defenceman Bill White dies at 77
Bill White, a former Chicago Blackhawks all-star defenceman and a member of Canada’s 1972 Summit Series team, has died. He was 77. The Blackhawks confirmed White’s death in a statement rel...
May 22, 2017
Supreme Court justice takes aim at 'narcissistic populism' in graduation speech
OTTAWA - One of Canada’s top judges has made an impassioned plea to the graduating class of law students at an American university to stand against injustice fuelled by “narcissistic popul...
May 22, 2017
Mom of twins killed in fire while she bought pot gets jail
BATAVIA, N.Y. - A New York woman whose twin toddler sons died in a fire while she went to buy marijuana has been sentenced to a year in jail. Twenty-five-year-old Heather Ace received the maximum sent...
May 22, 2017
Ford taps former office furniture executive to be new CEO
DEARBORN, Mich. - The job of Ford’s new CEO won’t be easy: He will have to shore up the 114-year-old company’s traditional auto business, but also invest in self-driving cars and oth...
May 22, 2017
Foul play not suspected in death of boy, 8, found in provincial park
KENORA, Ont. - Foul play is not suspected in the death of an eight-year-old boy who was found in a northwestern Ontario provincial park. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to Rushing River...
May 22, 2017