Category Archives: Canadian Press
MGM offers donation if legal notices accepted
LAS VEGAS - An unprecedented legal move by MGM Resorts International to sue surviving victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting took another unusual turn Tuesday when the casino-operator offered to make ...
Sep 11, 2018
Peru court gives ex-rebel leader life sentence for car bomb
LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian court convicted and gave a second life sentence to imprisoned Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman on Tuesday for a 1992 car bombing in the capital that killed 25 people and inju...
Sep 11, 2018
Voter cynicism reigns in Quebec's Lanaudiere region ahead of October election
JOLIETTE, Que. - Just north of Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, is a Quebec nationalist heartland where cynicism about politics reigns and labour shortages are be...
Sep 11, 2018
Thompson wants to be part of winning culture in Canadian basketball team
MONTREAL - With seconds left in Tuesday’s scrimmage, Kelly Olynyk fired a pass to Aaron Best in the corner. Best drained the game-winning three-pointer as the buzzer sounded. A grinning Tristan ...
Sep 11, 2018
Connecticut's Shady Glen featured on television show
MANCHESTER, Conn. - A Connecticut restaurant known for its unusual cheeseburgers is getting some national television exposure. The Journal Inquirer reports that Shady Glen in Manchester will be featur...
Sep 11, 2018
B.C. court orders bus company to rethink rejection of anti-abortion ads
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Appeal Court has overturned a decision by Metro Vancouver’s transit authority that refused advertising space to an anti-abortion education group on its buses. Th...
Sep 11, 2018
To prep for Hurricane Florence, investors sell off insurers
NEW YORK - Hurricanes almost always set off an orchestrated dance on Wall Street before they make landfall, with shares of property and casualty insurance companies dumped in favour of companies that ...
Sep 11, 2018
Calgary Olympic Bid Corp. sees long-term housing benefits to hosting 2016 Games
CALGARY - A draft plan for a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid says the event could create more affordable housing in a region that badly needs it and provide a welcome jolt to the provincial economy...
Sep 11, 2018
Cosby wants judge to step down days before sentencing
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby wants a Pennsylvania judge to step down from his case days before sentencing on sex assault charges. A defence motion Tuesday accuses Montgomery County Judge Steven O̵...
Sep 11, 2018
Ad prices plummet for Montreal Canadiens games after dismal season
MONTREAL - Advertising rates for Montreal Canadiens games have plummeted due to audience fallout after the Habs’ lacklustre performance last season, one media company says. Quebec’s RDS an...
Sep 11, 2018