Category Archives: Canadian Press
'It was near unanimous': Crosby to be honoured as top N.S. athlete of all time
HALIFAX - Hockey superstar Sidney Crosby may not be bringing the Stanley Cup home to Nova Scotia again this year, but he will still take centre stage at a unique event celebrating the province’s...
Jul 25, 2018
Live Nation cancels Demi Lovato's Atlantic City beach show
NEW YORK - Live Nation says Demi Lovato’s concert on Thursday on the Atlantic City, New Jersey, beach has been cancelled. Lovato’s representative said Tuesday she was awake and recovering ...
Jul 25, 2018
Jarome Iginla returning to Calgary to announce retirement from NHL
CALGARY - The face of the Calgary Flames for over a decade and a half is returning to the city to end his NHL career. Jarome Iginla will officially announce his retirement Monday in Calgary, the Flame...
Jul 25, 2018
Police watchdog probes death of Quebec youth in Lac-Brome, southeast of Montreal
LAC BROME, Que. - Quebec’s police watchdog continued on Wednesday to probe the circumstances that led Quebec provincial police to fatally shoot an armed teenage boy in a town southeast of Montre...
Jul 25, 2018
SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Ten more satellites for Iridium Communications have been successfully launched into orbit. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif...
Jul 25, 2018
New-home sales fall 5.3 pct in June ... a warning light?
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes tumbled 5.3 per cent in June and the median sales price also slipped, a potentially ominous sign for the U.S. housing market. The Commerce Department said Wednesda...
Jul 25, 2018
Wife of former hostage Joshua Boyle back in U.S. with children: Report
OTTAWA - The American wife of former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle has reportedly left Canada and returned to the U.S. with the couple’s children, nearly six years after being abducted while bac...
Jul 25, 2018
Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized
LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed before dawn Wednesday, and a man was later arrested. Austin Clay, 24, was held for investigation of felony...
Jul 25, 2018
Co-founders of self-help group plead not guilty
NEW YORK - An heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune, a TV actress and the co-founders of a purported self-help group appeared in court together for the first time on Wednesday to face charges ...
Jul 25, 2018
Hillary Clinton to appear on 'Madam Secretary'
LOS ANGELES - “Madam Secretary” won’t lack secretaries of state this fall. CBS on Tuesday announced former secretaries Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell will appea...
Jul 25, 2018