Category Archives: Canadian Press

Germany looking to sell costly, rarely used drone to Canada
BERLIN - Germany is looking to sell a secondhand surveillance drone that has cost the country more than 700 million euros ($823 million) to Canada - without many core components it needs to fly. A def...
Sep 24, 2018

Weight Watchers slims down name to WW
NEW YORK - Weight Watchers is trimming its name to just two letters: WW. The company says it is renaming itself to focus more on overall wellness and not just dieting. Its app, for example, will offer...
Sep 24, 2018

Friend testifies at British sailor's sexual assault trial in Halifax
HALIFAX - A young woman has testified at the sexual assault trial of a British sailor that she found the complainant red in the face with no clothes on in a bed in the barracks of a Halifax-area milit...
Sep 24, 2018

Actor James Woods bashes Twitter after getting locked out
MINNEAPOLIS - Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a tweet he sent out months ago that was found to be in violation of Twitter’s rules. The tweet was posted July 20 ...
Sep 24, 2018
Latest stunt near Grand Canyon is a Will Smith bungee jump
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - At the end of the 1991 movie “Thelma & Louise,” the two leading ladies - fugitives cornered by authorities in the Grand Canyon - decide against surrendering and inst...
Sep 24, 2018

Uganda's opposition pop star says he doesn't feel safe
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Monday he is concerned about his safety four days after returning from the United States, where he sought medical care for in...
Sep 24, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $24 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $24 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for ...
Sep 24, 2018
Dense swarm of bats causes flap at Vienna airport
BERLIN - Birds are a well-known hazard for airport operators, but Vienna airport officials have had to deal with different winged intruders: a swarm of bats. Airport spokesman Peter Kleemann told the ...
Sep 24, 2018
Man at centre of Nobel sex scandal remanded pending verdict
COPENHAGEN - The man at the centre of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize was remanded in custody Monday, pending the verdict in...
Sep 24, 2018

EU takes Poland to its top court over judicial reform
BRUSSELS - The European Union said Monday it has decided to take Poland to the bloc’s top court over the overhaul of the country’s judicial system and also ask the European Court of Justic...
Sep 24, 2018