Category Archives: Canadian Press
As Canada marks 150, Montreal's year-long 375th party already underway
MONTREAL - As Canada prepares to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017, Montreal has already kicked off its own lavish year-long celebrations for its 375th birthday. The city launch...
Dec 23, 2016
Halifax man charged in two random home invasions involving women in their 80s
HALIFAX - The same man is allegedly responsible for two random home invasions this week involving women in their 80s, Halifax police said Friday as they announced charges against a 43-year-old suspect...
Dec 23, 2016
Markets Right Now: US stock indexes eke out modest gains
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Major U.S. stock indexes managed to post tiny gains in a quiet day of pre-holiday trading. Health care stocks ro...
Dec 23, 2016
Region to send in troops if Gambia president won't step down
LAGOS, Nigeria - West African leaders will send troops into Gambia if its longtime ruler who lost elections does not step down next month, the president of the Economic Community of West African State...
Dec 23, 2016
The Latest: Man accused in road rage case pleads not guilty
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old boy in Little Rock (all times local): 12:10 p.m. A man accused in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old boy...
Dec 23, 2016
AP Exclusive: FIFA research points to 3-team groups at WCup
GENEVA - The best and most profitable way to expand the World Cup is a 48-team tournament of 16 three-team groups, according to FIFA’s in-house research which accepts the current 32-nation forma...
Dec 23, 2016
IOC opens 28 new doping cases for Russian Olympic athletes
GENEVA - On yet another doping-tainted day for Russian sport, 28 athletes now face IOC cases linked to cheating at the Sochi Winter Olympics and a major cross-country skiing event was removed from the...
Dec 23, 2016
A Pakistani girl is snatched away, payment for a family debt
MIRPUR KHAS, Pakistan - The mother rummages through a large metal trunk, searching for a picture of her young daughter taken away in the night to be the bride of a man who says the family owed him $1,...
Dec 23, 2016
Fire truck responding to accident collides with another car, killing teen driver
HALIFAX - A fire truck responding to an emergency call outside Halifax collided head-on with a car, killing the 19-year-old driver, after one of the vehicles crossed the centre line on a slippery road...
Dec 23, 2016
Worst factory output in nearly 3 years helps thrust economy into reverse
TORONTO - Canada’s economy unexpectedly shrank in October, weighed down by the worst manufacturing output in nearly three years, Statistics Canada said Friday. Gross domestic product contracted ...
Dec 23, 2016