Category Archives: Canadian Press
Metallica, Miley Cyrus perform at Chris Cornell tribute
LOS ANGELES - Many from Metallica and the Foo Fighters rocked on with electrifying performances as family members gave heartfelt speeches in memory of the late Chris Cornell. Cornell’s wife, Vic...
Jan 17, 2019
Canada's Conners on his way to full PGA Tour card with fast start to 2019 season
Corey Conners was working on his putting last Friday when fellow Canadian Mackenzie Hughes offered some advice. Hughes pointed out that if Conners tucked in his right elbow a little bit, it would impr...
Jan 17, 2019
Flush the milk: Study finds more than half of food produced in Canada wasted
More than half the food produced in Canada is wasted and the average kitchen tosses out hundreds of dollars worth of edibles every year, says a study researchers are calling the first of its kind. ...
Jan 17, 2019
Spain: Technical setbacks slow search for boy in deep hole
MADRID - Spanish rescuers on the fourth day of a frantic race to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped in a borehole clung to hope of finding the toddler alive despite massive setbacks in getting to the bott...
Jan 17, 2019
Saudi women runaways rebel against system of male control
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Another Saudi woman has turned to social media for protection from her father, just days after Canada granted refuge to Rahaf al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi who fled her...
Jan 17, 2019
Iran newspapers, minister criticize US arrest of newscaster
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran kept up its criticism Thursday of the FBI’s apparent arrest of an American anchorwoman from Iran’s state-run English-language TV channel, with its foreig...
Jan 17, 2019
Trump says US will develop space-based missile defence
WASHINGTON - Moving to protect the U.S. from advanced missile threats from China and Russia, President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out plans for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tec...
Jan 17, 2019
Montreal Impact sign Argentine striker Maxi Urruti to new three-year deal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed Argentine striker Maximiliano Urruti to a new three-year contract, with an option year for 2022. The Impact acquired the 27-year-old Urruti from FC Dallas in...
Jan 17, 2019
Freeland condemns killers of Canadian mining executive found dead in Africa
HALIFAX - Canadian officials are condemning the killers of a Halifax mining executive praised as a much-loved family man and highly talented geologist with a knack for spotting producing mines. Kirk W...
Jan 17, 2019
Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his big speech
WASHINGTON - She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad. The shutdown battle between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing ou...
Jan 17, 2019