Category Archives: Canadian Press
Report: Maria had $43B impact on Puerto Rico's economy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A report from Puerto Rico’s government says Hurricane Maria had a $43 billion impact on the U.S. territory’s economy, $1 billion more than originally estimated. The...
Dec 03, 2018
Fed Chairman Powell says economic challenges remain
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says that despite solid economic progress, the country still faces a number of challenges including slow wage-growth for lower-income workers to slu...
Dec 03, 2018
Congress seeks 2-week extension to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders introduced a two-week funding bill Monday to avert a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall, as business in the Capitol came to ...
Dec 03, 2018
Nylander, Dubas, relieved to end months-long impasse and get down to hockey
TORONTO - If William Nylander ever decides to give up his hockey career he might consider a move to Las Vegas. “I haven’t played that much poker but maybe I should give it a try,” sa...
Dec 03, 2018
Gun control activists impatient with process to pass government's firearms bill
OTTAWA - Gun-control activists pressed senators Monday to move more quickly on firearms legislation, a few days before the 29th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre that left 14 women dead ...
Dec 03, 2018
Knockout that left Montreal boxer in coma prompts questions in medical community
MONTREAL - One of the doctors who worked the boxing match Saturday night in Quebec City that left Adonis Stevenson hospitalized in an induced coma said he and his colleagues are at a loss to medically...
Dec 03, 2018
Settlement reached in infamous "Norfolk 4" case
RICHMOND, Va. - The city of Norfolk has agreed to pay $4.9 million to four former sailors who were wrongly convicted of a woman’s rape and murder based on intimidating police interrogations. A c...
Dec 03, 2018
Ballon d'Or 1sts: Modric wins, Hegerberg takes women's award
PARIS - Luka Modric ended the long reign of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by winning the Ballon d’Or for the first time on Monday, while another first saw Norwegian forward Ada Hegerberg wi...
Dec 03, 2018
Eddie Murphy and fiance have baby boy, his 10th child
LOS ANGELES - Eddie Murphy and his fiance Paige Butcher have a new baby boy. The couple released a statement through Murphy’s publicist Monday saying Max Charles Murphy was born Friday and weigh...
Dec 03, 2018
Canadian RJ Barrett of Duke named ACC Freshman of the week
Canadian RJ Barrett has earned his first NCAA conference award of the season, taking home the ACC freshman of the week honours on Monday. The first-year Duke forward, from Mississauga, Ont., averaged ...
Dec 03, 2018