Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kremlin plays down terror attack possibility in jet crash
SOCHI, Russia - The Kremlin on Monday played down the possibility that a terror attack might have downed a Syria-bound Russian plane, killing all 92 people on board, as the nation observed a day of mo...
Dec 25, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Sunday’s Games NBA Boston 119 New York 114 Cleveland 109 Golden State 108 San Antonio 119 Chicago 100 Oklahoma City 112 Minnesota 100 L.A. Lakers 111 L.A. Clippers 102 — NFL Pittsburgh 31 ...
Dec 25, 2016
Japan ex-PM Yoshida's forgotten Pearl Harbor visit recounted
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will visit Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, wasn’t even born when Japan’s former leader Shigeru Yoshida went there just ...
Dec 25, 2016
Publicist: British singer George Michael dead at age 53
LONDON - George Michael, the British pop superstar who reached early fame with WHAM! and went on to a solo career lined with controversies and chart-topping hits that blended soul and dance music with...
Dec 25, 2016
Canadian Francois Lavoie wins Shark Championship for second PBA Tour title
TORONTO - Canadian Francois Lavoie continued to make his case for Professional Bowlers Association Rookie of the Year by beating veteran Walter Ray Williams Jr. to win the PBA Shark Championship. The ...
Dec 25, 2016
Author Joseph Boyden defends indigenous heritage after investigation
A celebrated Canadian author who writes about First Nations heritage and culture is defending himself on Twitter after his ancestry was questioned. In a statement posted to his Twitter account, Joseph...
Dec 25, 2016
Massive WWII bomb is defused in German town of Augsburg
FRANKFURT - Explosives experts on Sunday defused a large World War II aerial bomb in the southern German city of Augsburg - clearing the way for thousands of evacuated residents to return to their Chr...
Dec 25, 2016
Cubs' World Series title voted top AP sports story of 2016
CHICAGO - Everything changed for the Chicago Cubs on a rainy November night. A century-plus worth of heartache washed away by a wave of pure joy. There were hugs, cheers and tears - and bottles and bo...
Dec 25, 2016
Pope wishes Christmas peace for those scarred by war, terror
VATICAN CITY - Decrying the suffering in Syria, Pope Francis on Sunday wished Christmas peace and hope for all those scarred by war and terrorism, which he said is sowing “fear and death in the ...
Dec 25, 2016
Attorneys in Ohio police shooting prep for trial redo
CINCINNATI - Prosecutors and attorneys have some studying ahead as they prepare for a redo of the trial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer accused of murder in a racially charged shoo...
Dec 25, 2016