Category Archives: Canadian Press
Jimmy Fallon: Puerto Rican episode a 'love letter' to island
LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Fallon said a “Tonight Show” episode taped in Puerto Rico with “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is a love letter to the island still in hurricane-recov...
Jan 14, 2019
NLL's Philadelphia Wings fire announcer after racially insensitive remarks
PHILADELPHIA - Shawny Hill has been fired by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League two days after he made racially insensitive comments about a First Nations player on the visiting Ge...
Jan 14, 2019
Detroit show has SUVs, horsepower, but electric cars are few
DETROIT - Automakers have promised to start selling hordes of electric cars in the next few years, but only two will be unveiled at the big Detroit auto show that kicks off this week - and those aren&...
Jan 14, 2019
Emergency doctors say mock disaster helped prepare for Ottawa bus crash
OTTAWA - Dr. Manoj Lalu was in the middle of a routine, elective surgery at the Ottawa Hospital Friday evening when the hospital suddenly declared a Code Orange, invoking a protocol for dealing with a...
Jan 14, 2019
Five-year-old injured after shots fired at home in northern Saskatchewan
LA RONGE, Sask. - Mounties say a five-year-old child was wounded after several gunshots were fired at a house in northern Saskatchewan. RCMP were called Sunday night to a home on the Lac La Ronge Indi...
Jan 14, 2019
Asylum seekers can't count on same response as Saudi teen: experts
The case of a Saudi teen whose flight from her allegedly abusive family captured international attention is a rare one where circumstances aligned to grant her swift protection in Canada, but others i...
Jan 14, 2019
Who's who in the federal cabinet shuffle: new faces, and old faces in new places
OTTAWA - David Lametti loves the law, he said just after being sworn in as Canada’s new justice minister. “I know it’s a cliche to say that, but I do,” the 56-year-old said out...
Jan 14, 2019
Coyote in the bathroom! Critter runs into convention centre
NASHVILLE - A coyote sprinted past a security checkpoint and into a Nashville convention centre where a boat show was packing up Sunday night. According to the Music City Center, at around 10:20 p.m. ...
Jan 14, 2019
AP sources: Gillibrand moving toward 2020 bid in coming days
WASHINGTON - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is expected to move toward launching a 2020 presidential campaign within days by forming an exploratory committee, according to several people familiar with her pl...
Jan 14, 2019
Sooners QB, A's pick Kyler Murray declares for NFL draft
Kyler Murray, the first-round Major League Baseball draft pick and Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterback, declared himself eligible for the NFL draft on Monday. Murray announced his decision in ...
Jan 14, 2019