Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kia recalls about 72K SUVs; electric short can cause fires
DETROIT - Kia is recalling nearly 72,000 SUVs in the U.S. because an electrical short in a computer can cause engine fires. The recall covers Sportage models from 2008 and 2009. Kia says in government...
Nov 22, 2016
Impact announce sellout of 61,004 for MLS playoff game against rival TFC
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact-Toronto FC playoff game on Tuesday night is sold out. The Impact announced it has sold all 61,004 tickets at Olympic Stadium for the first leg of the MLS Eastern Confere...
Nov 22, 2016
Trump wants Farage to represent UK in US but May says no
LONDON - Donald Trump has a plan for making the vaunted relationship between Britain and the U.S. even more special: Make the impish acting leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, British a...
Nov 22, 2016
Canadian retail sector employment to hit 12-year low this year, report says
MONTREAL - Employment in Canada’s retail sector will hit a 12-year low this year as companies adopt technology and trim costs in response to weak growth in consumer spending, says a new report r...
Nov 22, 2016
Saskatchewan deficit balloons to $1 billion with falling resource, tax revenue
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is cutting spending and has imposed a hiring freeze as it wrestles with a ballooning deficit of about $1 billion. Finance Minister Kevin Doherty released a fiscal ...
Nov 22, 2016
Gigi Hadid apologizes for Melania Trump impression at AMAs
LOS ANGELES - Gigi Hadid says her Melania Trump impression during the American Music Awards Sunday “was done in good humour with no bad intent.” In a handwritten note posted on Twitter , t...
Nov 22, 2016
Dash cam captures aggressive driver's near-miss: 'He nearly killed us both'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland man is sharing a dramatic video showing how he narrowly avoided a head-on collision with another vehicle, in hopes of shaming the driver he says nearly killed h...
Nov 22, 2016
Millard's ex-girlfriend pleads guilty to obstructing justice in Tim Bosma murder
The former girlfriend of a man convicted of killing Hamilton resident Tim Bosma pleaded guilty on Tuesday to obstructing justice in the case. Christina Noudga was set to stand trial on the charge of a...
Nov 22, 2016
Anti-trade, nativist sentiment a threat to world and Canada: minister
OTTAWA - A day after controversial U.S. president-elect Donald Trump took to social media to denounce a massive Pacific Rim trade deal, Canada’s own trade minister decried the rise of “ugl...
Nov 22, 2016
Yale settles lawsuit over slain grad student
HARTFORD, Conn. - Yale University has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a graduate student killed in a research lab days before her wedding. The settle...
Nov 22, 2016