Category Archives: Canadian Press
Sacramento couple elopes at Mount Everest
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A traditional wedding just wasn’t enough for one Sacramento couple. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2pDu5Gu ) James Sissom and Ashley Schmieder married at 17,600 f...
May 11, 2017
Spurs rout James Harden, Rockets 114-75 to win series
HOUSTON - San Antonio is heading to the Western Conference finals for the 13th time thanks to a player who has never been there. The Spurs eliminated the sluggish James Harden and Houston Rockets with...
May 11, 2017
Man seeking free pizza rescued from snowy Arizona mountain
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A man had to be treated for hypothermia this week and rescued from a snowy northern Arizona mountain that he hiked up wearing only shorts and other light clothing in a quest for fre...
May 11, 2017
Steve Pearce and Justin Smoak power Blue Jays to 7-2 victory over Mariners
TORONTO - First baseman Justin Smoak is getting a chance to be an everyday player with the Toronto Blue Jays this season. He’s starting to show the team may have made a wise decision to give him...
May 11, 2017
Freeland praises Tillerson's work on Arctic Council climate change statement
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says it is significant that the United States joined its Arctic Council partners in signing a declaration that supports the Paris accord on climate ...
May 11, 2017
New Zealand's ambitious plan to save birds: Kill every rat
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it’s been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, possum and s...
May 11, 2017
Trump calls Comey a 'showboat,' denies colluding with Russia
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that there was “no collusion” between his winning campaign and the Russian government, in his first extended remarks since he roiled W...
May 11, 2017
Trump: I was going to fire that 'showboat' no matter what
WASHINGTON - Contradicting previous White House explanations, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he had planned to fire FBI Director James Comey all along, regardless of whether top Justice Depa...
May 11, 2017
Man gets 5 years in prison after death of dermatologist
NEW YORK - A man who pleaded guilty to a drug charge after a New York dermatologist died of cocaine and alcohol intoxication in his apartment building was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. U...
May 11, 2017
The debut for Hughes: Canada rookie tied for lead at Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Mackenzie Hughes arrived at the TPC Sawgrass with no scar tissue and played his first round at The Players Championship with no bogeys. Pretty simple, eh? The Canadian rookie...
May 11, 2017