Category Archives: Canadian Press
Climate change film 'An Inconvenient Truth' gets a sequel
LOS ANGELES - Al Gore’s climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” is getting a sequel. Paramount Pictures said Friday the follow-up to the Oscar-winning original will prem...
Dec 09, 2016
Judge finalizes Khloe Kardashian's divorce from Lamar Odom
LOS ANGELES - Khlomar is officially no more. A Los Angeles judge on Friday finalized Khloe Kardashian’s divorce from former NBA player Lamar Odom, more than three years after the reality TV star...
Dec 09, 2016
A look at details of framework agreement on climate change
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the agreement Friday of eight provinces and all three territories for an “historic” pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change. Th...
Dec 09, 2016
A selection of quotes following first ministers meeting on climate change
OTTAWA - First ministers emerged from a day-long summit Friday hailing a pan-Canadian agreement on climate change. Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall flatly refused to sign on while Manitoba’s Brian...
Dec 09, 2016
Ontario steelmaker Stelco seeks court OK for moving ahead with restructuring
TORONTO - Southern Ontario steelmaker Stelco is seeking court approval to move forward with its restructuring following an agreement with Bedrock Industries. Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa sai...
Dec 09, 2016
Canada's Marielle Thompson claims first ski cross win of World Cup season
VAL THORENS, France - Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., won the first women’s World Cup ski cross race of the season Friday. The reigning Olympic women’s champion took advantage of a cr...
Dec 09, 2016
Calgary Stampeders re-sign kicking tandem of Rob Maver, Rene Paredes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders got a head start on CFL free agency by re-signing both kickers Friday. Punter Rob Maver from Brampton, Ont., and Montreal kicker Rene Paredes will remain with team in ...
Dec 09, 2016
Utah day care, parents settle toddler's bean bag chair death
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah day care centre where a toddler suffocated under a bean bag chair when a worker sat on it has reached a settlement with the parents and been cleared of criminal charges, but mu...
Dec 09, 2016
Longtime Gambian ruler now refuses to step aside
DAKAR, Senegal - Gambia’s ruler of more than 22 years announced late Friday that he no longer accepts defeat in the country’s presidential election, reversing course a week after he conced...
Dec 09, 2016
Mexican girl gets TV, trip offers after viral party invite
MEXICO CITY - A rural Mexican girl whose 15th birthday party invitation went viral is being showered with offers of a TV show, free airplane tickets and hotel stays. Rubi Ibarra got an offer to appear...
Dec 09, 2016