Category Archives: Canadian Press

DeVos play not meant as 'cartoon or lampoon,' producer says
WASHINGTON - Guns in schools to protect students from grizzly bears? Betsy DeVos endured yet another rocky confirmation hearing in the Senate to become education secretary - this time on a theatre sta...
Sep 18, 2018
A green beer that looks like algae? It's all for clean water
TOLEDO, Ohio - There are spicy beers and even peanut butter beers, made to stand out on crowded shelves. Then there’s a murky, green brew that looks a lot like algae. It’s making a stateme...
Sep 18, 2018
Police: Man rubbed produce on bare behind - then put it back
MANASSAS, Va. - A man is accused of rubbing his bare behind on produce at a grocery store in northern Virginia before putting the items back on display. News outlets report 27-year-old Michael Dwayne ...
Sep 18, 2018

Slaying of star golfer from Spain shocks Iowa college town
AMES, Iowa - A star collegiate golfer from Spain was attacked and killed by a homeless stranger while she was playing a round alone near her campus in Iowa, police said Tuesday. Celia Barquin Arozamen...
Sep 18, 2018
Trade war escalates as China announces tariffs on US imports
BEIJING - The U.S.-China trade war escalated further Tuesday, with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals. Th...
Sep 18, 2018
Will flying cars take off? Japan's government hopes so
TOKYO - Electric drones booked through smartphones pick people up from office rooftops, shortening travel time by hours, reducing the need for parking and clearing smog from the air. This vision of th...
Sep 18, 2018
Moonstruck Japan tycoon to blast off on 1st SpaceX trip
TOKYO - The Japanese billionaire who Tesla chief Elon Musk says plans to blast off on the first-ever private commercial space trip aboard the SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket often makes headlines in Japan. T...
Sep 18, 2018

Lawsuit filed against gas company after Massachusetts blasts
BOSTON - Lawyers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of people who were forced out of their homes for days when dozens of natural gas explosions and fires ripped through three Massachusetts...
Sep 18, 2018

Ennis hoping to rejuvenate career with Leafs after getting bought out by Wild
TORONTO - Tyler Ennis has had to prove doubters wrong much of his hockey life. After a mostly miserable last 12 months, the diminutive winger is hoping one more return to the well can help get his car...
Sep 18, 2018

German doctors: Pussy Riot poisoning 'highly plausible'
BERLIN - German doctors treating a member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot said Tuesday that claims he was poisoned are “highly plausible,” but stressed they can’t say how this mi...
Sep 18, 2018