Category Archives: Canadian Press
Denmark upsets defending champion Finland 3-2 at world juniors
MONTREAL - Kasper Krog made 34 saves as Denmark jumped out to an early lead and held on to upset Finland 3-2 on Tuesday in preliminary-round play at the world junior hockey championship. William Boyse...
Dec 27, 2016
Mexico detains 5, eyes possible link to decapitations
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities say they have detained five people suspected of shooting at police in the state of Michoacan and are investigating whether they may have been involved in the killings...
Dec 27, 2016
SKorean investigators detain ex-health minister
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean investigators on Wednesday detained the country’s former health minister as they expand their inquiry into a corruption scandal involving impeached Presi...
Dec 27, 2016
Man convicted in death of mom who led double life as escort
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A man was convicted Tuesday of murder and kidnapping in the 2007 death of a single mother from Colorado who led a double life as a paid escort. A judge sentenced 65-year-old Le...
Dec 27, 2016
Search continues for two men missing on B.C.'s North Shore mountains
VANCOUVER - North Shore Rescue says the search for two men who have gone missing while snowshoeing near Cypress Mountain is particularly challenging because crews don’t know what route they took...
Dec 27, 2016
Global Affairs confirms girl who died on flight to London was Canadian
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is confirming that a 10-year-old girl who died Christmas Eve after falling ill aboard a transatlantic Air Canada flight was Canadian. The Toronto-to-London flight divert...
Dec 27, 2016
Cuba sees economy shrink 1 per cent despite detente with US
HAVANA - Cuba announced Tuesday that its economy shrank this year for the first time in nearly a quarter century as a plunge in aid from Venezuela overwhelmed a surge in tourism set off by detente wit...
Dec 27, 2016
Kaprizov leads way with five points, Russia downs Latvia 9-1 at world juniors
TORONTO - Kirill Kaprizov led the offensive surge, finishing with three goals and two assists as Russia earned its first win at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday by downing Latvia 9-1. R...
Dec 27, 2016
No one could make us laugh through pain like Carrie Fisher
NEW YORK - No one could make us laugh through the pain like Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and a survivor of early fame, drug addiction and bipolar di...
Dec 27, 2016
UVa administrator urges judge to keep Rolling Stone verdict
RICHMOND, Va. - Attorneys for a University of Virginia administrator are urging a federal judge not to overturn a jury’s verdict against Rolling Stone magazine for its botched story “A Rap...
Dec 27, 2016