Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feds deny leases for Minnesota mine; company to press ahead
MINNEAPOLIS - Two longstanding mineral rights leases that are critical for a proposed large underground copper-nickel mine upstream from the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast...
Dec 15, 2016
New Alouettes general manager Kavis Reed facing very stiff challenge
Kavis Reed’s first off-season as a CFL general manager will be a challenging one. The 43-year-old native of Georgetown, S.C., was named as the Montreal Alouettes’ new GM on Wednesday, repl...
Dec 15, 2016
John Glenn to be 9th person to lie in state at Ohio capitol
COLUMBUS, Ohio - When John Glenn lies in state at the Ohio Statehouse on Friday, he will become the ninth person to do so and will join a list that includes Abraham Lincoln. The public viewing for Gle...
Dec 15, 2016
Pew: Majority of US says fake news is creating confusion
NEW YORK - A new survey from the Pew Research Center has found that two-thirds of U.S. adults say fake news stories are causing “a great deal of confusion” about the basic facts of current...
Dec 15, 2016
Manitoba New Democrats suspend caucus member pending harassment probe
WINNIPEG - Manitoba New Democrats say a member of their caucus has been suspended from attending meetings following an allegation of verbal sexual harassment. A statement from the opposition caucus Th...
Dec 15, 2016
Cheerful, colorful NBA reporter Craig Sager dies at 65
HOUSTON - Craig Sager never once thought about giving up as he battled cancer for more than two years. “Man, life is too beautiful, too wonderful, there’s just too many things,” he s...
Dec 15, 2016
Mississippi court OKs challenge to questioned execution drug
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi man sentenced to death for the murder of a community college student won consent from the state’s highest court Thursday to challenge a lethal injection drug that&...
Dec 15, 2016
Banks lead US stock indexes higher, and dollar jumps again
NEW YORK - A surge in banks and other financial stocks that stand to benefit from higher interest rates lifted U.S. indexes Thursday. The dollar climbed to its strongest level in more than a decade ag...
Dec 15, 2016
Canadian juniors short on stars; hope to be long on speed, skill and teamwork
MONTREAL - Without an obvious star player to carry the pressure and expectations, Canada’s team for the world junior hockey championship will be all about teamwork, speed and desire. The final 2...
Dec 15, 2016
Delaware court says death penalty ruling is retroactive
DOVER, Del. - A Delaware Supreme Court ruling earlier this year declaring the state’s death penalty law unconstitutional is retroactive, meaning an inmate convicted of killing a police officer m...
Dec 15, 2016