Category Archives: Canadian Press
Browns' Kareem Hunt banned 8 games by NFL for 'altercations'
CLEVELAND - Kareem Hunt promises to change. The NFL will hold him to his word. The league suspended the Cleveland Browns running back for eight games on Friday for two “physical altercations,...
Mar 15, 2019
Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge
SYDNEY, Australia - The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 2...
Mar 15, 2019
US industrial production rose just 0.1 per cent in February
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production rose a slight 0.1 per cent in February, as an increase in utilities and mining offset the second straight monthly drop in manufacturing. The Federal Reserve sai...
Mar 15, 2019
US bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators
WASHINGTON - The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel seeking to investigate alleged war crimes and other abuses committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or...
Mar 15, 2019
Bangladesh cricketers narrowly avoid mosque shootings
Members of the Bangladesh cricket team had just arrived by bus at Masjid Al Noor mosque for Friday afternoon prayers when they heard gunshots. Had they arrived a few minutes earlier they would have be...
Mar 15, 2019
Russia's doping ban from Paralympics ends, with conditions
MOSCOW - Russia returned to the Paralympics on Friday, though athletes face extra drug tests ahead of next year’s games in Tokyo. The International Paralympic Committee formally lifted Russia...
Mar 15, 2019
Quebec City Muslim worshippers condemn fatal New Zealand mosque attacks
QUEBEC - A little more than two years after their own community came under attack, Muslims in Quebec City said they were in shock over the mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques Friday that claimed...
Mar 15, 2019
SEC charges Volkswagen, former CEO with defrauding investors
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators charged Volkswagen and former CEO Martin Winterkorn with defrauding investors during its massive diesel emissions scandal. The charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchang...
Mar 15, 2019
Berlin zoo shows off new polar bear cub
BERLIN - The Berlin Tierpark zoo is showing off its new polar bear cub, a three-month-old with a cuteness and playfulness that could make her the German capital’s next animal celebrity. The bear...
Mar 15, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps not dwelling on the past as quest for points continues
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are not dwelling on what could have - or should have - been, says coach Marc Dos Santos. Going into the third week of their Major League Soccer season, the Whitecap...
Mar 15, 2019