Category Archives: Canadian Press
For doomed ship crew, concern turned into paralyzing panic
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Crew members aboard a doomed cargo ship expressed increasingly dire concern - occasionally tinged with gallows humour - as a hurricane gained strength, culminating in one crewman ...
Dec 14, 2016
Heavyweights Junior Dos Santos, Stefan Struve to headline UFC Halifax show
TORONTO - Former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will face Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve in the main event of a Halifax UFC card on Feb. 19. The two big men first met at UFC 95 in February 2009 wh...
Dec 14, 2016
Debt-to-income ratio climbs to 166.9 per cent in Q3: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian household debt compared with income climbed to a record high in the third quarter as borrowing grew faster than incomes. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the ratio of household c...
Dec 14, 2016
Pittsburgh cites itself for ownership of run-down property
PITTSBURGH - The city of Pittsburgh has cited itself for owning run-down properties and a local judge isn’t letting the city withdraw some citations, which officials say were mistakenly filed. T...
Dec 14, 2016
US retail sales barely rise at start of holiday shopping
WASHINGTON - Americans increased their retail spending just slightly in November, a possible sign of lacklustre holiday shopping. Retail sales rose only 0.1 per cent in November, after a downwardly-re...
Dec 14, 2016
US wholesale prices jump 0.4 per cent, most in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose at the fastest pace in five months in November, pushed higher by retailers’ profit margins and more expensive food. The Labor Department says the producer...
Dec 14, 2016
'Cancelling Christmas': 2 kids, mother, great-grandmother die in Ontario house fire
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - A house engulfed in flames several metres high. A father running out of the burning home frantically pleading for someone to help rescue his wife and two children trapped inside....
Dec 14, 2016
Mistrial declared in murder-for-hire case, jury locked 3-3
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The jury deadlocked Wednesday in Dalia Dippolito’s trial on charges she tried to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, a case that became famous when it was shown ...
Dec 14, 2016
Paris exhibition reveals secret agents' tricks
PARIS - Lipstick pistols, poison pens, explosive rats - a new Paris exhibit reveals real-life spy gadgets and tells the story of how secret agents around the world were recruited, trained and equipped...
Dec 14, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Dec. 14
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Dec. 14 --- CANADIAN ACTOR ALAN THICKE DEAD AT AGE 69 Canadian Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest fame as the beloved dad on the long-ru...
Dec 14, 2016