Category Archives: Canadian Press
Zamboni stranded in N.S. ditch takes off as amusing Canadian snapshot
WINDSOR, N.S. - The powerful storm that battered Eastern Canada Monday had an unexpected casualty — a Zamboni found in a ditch near Windsor, Nova Scotia, without a rink in sight. A bemused drive...
Jan 22, 2019
High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high cou...
Jan 22, 2019
Plane crashes into front yard of rural Ohio home; 2 dead
APPLE CREEK, Ohio - Authorities say two pilots are dead after a plane crashed into the snow-covered front yard of a rural Ohio home shortly after taking off from a private airfield nearby. The State H...
Jan 22, 2019
'Roma,' 'Cold War' among foreign-language Oscar nominees
LONDON - Five movies about individuals and families confronting social and historical tumult are competing in the Academy Awards’ race for best foreign-language film. Mexican director Alfonso Cu...
Jan 22, 2019
Oscar nods honour 'Roma,' 'The Favourite,' 'Black Panther'
NEW YORK - Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards,...
Jan 22, 2019
Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala aboard missing plane
PARIS - The search for the missing plane taking Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala to his new team in Wales was called off for the night on Tuesday with authorities not expecting to find any surviv...
Jan 22, 2019
Car hits Polish policeman, rams into presidential palace
WARSAW, Poland - A car driving the wrong way down a street struck a policeman near the Polish president’s headquarters Tuesday before speeding off and ramming into a metal barrier protecting the...
Jan 22, 2019
Oscar music nods: Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Diane Warren
NEW YORK - Lady Gaga is a double nominee at the Academy Awards, where rapper Kendrick Lamar is nominated for the first time while songwriter Diane Warren is also vying for her first win with her 10th ...
Jan 22, 2019
Maryland man gets 10 years for theft of 10 cigarette packs
SALISBURY, Md. - A Maryland man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing 10 packs of cigarettes from a Wicomico County gas station. News outlets report 36-year-old John Edward Lowe was se...
Jan 22, 2019
US aid cuts hit Palestinians, further dimming hope for peace
JERUSALEM - Tens of thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from America, U.S.-funded infrastructure projects have been halted, and an innovative peace-buildi...
Jan 22, 2019