Category Archives: Canadian Press
3 released in Dakota Access pipeline stadium protest
MINNEAPOLIS - Three people who were arrested after Dakota Access pipeline protesters rappelled from the roof of the Minnesota Vikings’ stadium to unfurl a banner were released from jail Monday w...
Jan 02, 2017
Twins delivered minutes apart have different birth years
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Twins delivered 10 minutes apart at an Arizona hospital over the New Year’s weekend have different birth years. Phoenix TV station KNXV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2i0Ib1q) that ...
Jan 02, 2017
Billie Lourd speaks out on deaths of mother, grandmother
Billie Lourd says the support she’s received since the deaths of her mother, Carrie Fisher, and her grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, has given her strength. Lourd posted a photo of herself with Fis...
Jan 02, 2017
John Berger, pioneering art critic and author, dies at 90
NEW YORK - John Berger, the British art critic, intellectual and prodigious author whose pioneering 1972 book and the BBC series it spawned, “Ways of Seeing,” redefined the way a generatio...
Jan 02, 2017
Soderlund, Eriksson Ek lead Sweden to 8-3 rout of Slovakia at world juniors
MONTREAL - It’s not just that Sweden’s got a high-powered offence at the world junior hockey championship. It’s that the scoring can come from anyone. Tim Soderlund and Joel Eriksson...
Jan 02, 2017
Alabama band to march at inauguration, igniting controversy
The marching band of Alabama’s oldest private, historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, organizers ...
Jan 02, 2017
Democrats extol health care law in bid to derail GOP repeal
WASHINGTON - Senior House Democrats on Monday extolled the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute and over time replace it...
Jan 02, 2017
CFL GMs face busy off-season with over 200 players hitting free agency
TORONTO - When CFL general managers return to their offices following the holidays, they’ll have much work to do. According to the CFL, over 200 players are slated to become free agents at noon ...
Jan 02, 2017
Kaprizov leads Russia past Denmark 4-0 at world junior hockey championship
TORONTO - Kirill Kaprizov is no stranger to carrying his team offensively. On his Kontinental Hockey League team, where he is the youngest player, the 19-year-old is second in scoring with 15 goals an...
Jan 02, 2017
Turkey faces more turmoil as violence continues
LONDON - The deadly New Year’s attack on a ritzy Istanbul nightclub has brought more turmoil to Turkey and shown how the conflict in neighbouring Syria easily can spill over to threaten Europe&#...
Jan 02, 2017