Category Archives: Canadian Press
Chelsea Manning asks Obama to cut sentence to time served
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Chelsea Manning, who is more than six years into a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government and military documents to the WikiLeaks website, is asking President Barack Oba...
Nov 14, 2016
Runner dressed as Elvis wins Vegas Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
LAS VEGAS - A 42-year-old runner dressed as Elvis won the Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday night, setting a record for the fastest marathon run by someone dressed as “The K...
Nov 14, 2016
Small community in Alberta abuzz after woman wins $50M Lotto Max prize
IRMA, Alta. - A small community southeast of Edmonton is abuzz after learning one of its residents is a $50-million lottery winner. A retired woman from a farm family in Irma found out she’d won...
Nov 14, 2016
Israel to launch expedition to find more Dead Sea Scrolls
JERUSALEM - Israel is embarking on a major archaeological expedition to find yet undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls, an Israeli antiquities official said Monday. Amir Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Author...
Nov 14, 2016
Canadian aboriginal network seeks to expand into 'never-served' U.S. market
Media businesses everywhere are scrambling for new ideas to boost their increasingly fragmented and distracted audience Sky Bridges, chief operating officer of the Aboriginal People’s Television...
Nov 14, 2016
Toronto has highest child poverty rate of Canadian cities, report says
TORONTO - A new report says Toronto has the highest percentage of children living in poverty of any large city in Canada. The report, titled “Divided City: Life in Canada’s Child Poverty C...
Nov 14, 2016
Man convicted of killing policeman, dissolving body in acid
LONDON - A British jury has convicted an Italian man of murdering a policeman he met online and trying to dissolve his body in acid, a technique used in the TV show “Breaking Bad.” Jurors ...
Nov 14, 2016
Russian fighter from carrier crashes near Syria's shores
MOSCOW - A Russian fighter jet based on an aircraft carrier currently near Syria’s shores has crashed on a training mission, but its pilot has bailed out safely, the Defence Ministry said Monday...
Nov 14, 2016
Trump set to roll back Obama policies on energy, environment
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is considering an oil billionaire and a North Dakota lawmaker for top posts as he moves to roll back President Barack Obama’s environmental and energy p...
Nov 14, 2016
Two gamblers spearhead class action against casino over hacking of private data
TORONTO - Two gamblers who allege their privacy was breached are spearheading a proposed class action against an Ontario casino whose databases were hacked. In a notice of action, they also alleged Mo...
Nov 14, 2016