Category Archives: Canadian Press

Trade 'front and centre' in Bank of Canada's call to hold interest rate: Wilkins
OTTAWA - The unknown consequences of ongoing trade tensions were “front and centre” in the Bank of Canada’s decision this week to leave its key interest rate unchanged, a top Bank of...
Sep 06, 2018
Film academy president says popular Oscar was misunderstood
LOS ANGELES - The idea to hand out a popular film Oscar has been shelved for now following widespread backlash, but film academy president John Bailey says that the new category was well-intentioned i...
Sep 06, 2018
Canada falls well short against U.S. at Women's Water Polo World Cup
SURGUT, Russia - Canada settled for second in Pool B at the FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup after a 17-3 loss to the United States on Thursday. The Americans outscored the Canadians 9-2 in the...
Sep 06, 2018
Canada backs British claims Russian officials approved spy's poisoning
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has backed British claims that Vladimir Putin’s government “almost certainly” approved a poison attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter ...
Sep 06, 2018

Blake Shelton appointed to wildlife board in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY - Country singer and “The Voice” star Blake Shelton has been appointed to the board of a foundation that will raise money for wildlife conservation in his home state of Oklah...
Sep 06, 2018

Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre says he is waiting for the right fight
MONTREAL - Fans hoping to see Canadian Georges St-Pierre fight Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov may be disappointed. The former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion played down reports he w...
Sep 06, 2018
Connecticut restaurant owner fined over no dog pee sign
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A sarcastic sign in the window of a Connecticut restaurant asking people not to let their dogs pee on the eatery’s outside flower pot has earned the owner a $250 fine. Duc Ngu...
Sep 06, 2018
Big quake hits northern Japan, leaving 9 dead, 30 missing
SAPPORO, Japan - A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, promp...
Sep 06, 2018
Trump fumes over NYT op-ed; top officials swiftly deny role
WASHINGTON - Pushing back against explosive reports his own administration is conspiring against him, President Donald Trump lashed out against the anonymous senior official who wrote a New York Times...
Sep 06, 2018
6 Years Gone: Myanmar woman escapes brutal China captivity
GUCHENG, China - They were the first photos Marip Lu had ever taken of her son, and it broke her heart to think they might be the last. The little boy was standing in their living room in rural China ...
Sep 06, 2018