Category Archives: Canadian Press
US home sales reach strongest pace in nearly a decade
WASHINGTON - Americans bought homes in October at the fastest pace in nearly decade, helped out by low mortgage rates that have since started to climb following the presidential election of Donald Tru...
Nov 22, 2016
US allows GM to delay recall to prove safety of air bags
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators are allowing General Motors to delay a large recall of potentially defective air bags, giving the company time to prove that the devices are safe and to possibly ...
Nov 22, 2016
Man sentenced to a decade in jail for role in mass killing plot at Halifax mall
HALIFAX - A young Halifax man has been sentenced to a decade in jail for a plot that envisioned using rifles and gas bombs to kill unsuspecting shoppers at a mall food court. Randall Steven Shepherd, ...
Nov 22, 2016
Trump begins backing off campaign vows on Clinton, climate
NEW YORK - Two weeks after his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump began backing off campaign promises Tuesday, including his hard line on climate change and his vow to jail “Crooked ...
Nov 22, 2016
Old Trafford sleepover: United fans hid in bathroom
MANCHESTER, England - Some people will do anything to watch Manchester United play at Old Trafford. Even sleep overnight in the stadium’s bathroom. Two United supporters took an official tour of...
Nov 22, 2016
Retired Michael Phelps removes name from drug testing system
NEW YORK - Michael Phelps has taken another step to put an official seal on his retirement. ESPN and NBC Sports report Phelps told reporters Monday ahead of USA Swimming’s Golden Goggle awards t...
Nov 22, 2016
Robbery goes awry in Austria after suspect finds bank closed
VIENNA - This robbery failed before it began. The bank was closed. Austrian police have arrested a man who they say tried to rob a bank in Vienna - but arrived too early. Police spokesman Patrick Maie...
Nov 22, 2016
S. Korea's Cabinet approves intel-sharing pact with Japan
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s Cabinet approved a military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan on Tuesday to better deal with threats from North Korea, officials said, despite a...
Nov 22, 2016
Trump trips focus attention on small, wealthy Palm Beach
PALM BEACH, Fla. - With Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort for Thanksgiving, it isn’t the first time a president-elect has used Palm Beach as his vacation refuge. John Kennedy’s family ...
Nov 22, 2016
Federal infrastructure bank to build electricity connections between provinces
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government intends to use its new infrastructure bank to finance a “nation-building effort” to build clean electricity systems between provinces and territories. But d...
Nov 22, 2016