Category Archives: Canadian Press
Transient sentenced for trespassing at Kendall Jenner's home
LOS ANGELES - A transient convicted of trespassing outside model and reality television star Kendall Jenner’s home has been sentenced to time served in a Los Angeles jail. Shavaughn McKenzie was...
Nov 10, 2016
California teen dedicates life to finding World War II vets
LOS ANGELES - For as long as he can remember, Rishi Sharma’s heroes haven’t been sports stars or movie stars or any other kind of stars. They’ve been the U.S. combat veterans who won...
Nov 10, 2016
Commander-in-chief laments lack of military awareness of Canadians
OTTAWA - David Johnston had been Governor General for a month when he flew to Afghanistan to visit the Canadian troops in Kandahar in November 2010. During the trip, Johnston met a senior U.S. militar...
Nov 10, 2016
India businesses say shock currency swap painful but needed
NEW DELHI - Delivering one of India’s biggest-ever economic upsets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week declared the bulk of Indian currency notes no longer held any value and told anyone hol...
Nov 10, 2016
Unusual income tax-filing scam proves taxing for ID fraud victim to remedy
TORONTO - The $3,100 tax refund from Canada Revenue Agency that landed in his little-used bank account in August made no sense to Jamie Duong. Nor did the sales-tax credit worth $357.61 that arrived i...
Nov 10, 2016
Mid-November warmest in years: temperature records fall in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Temperature records are falling like leaves across the Prairies. In Winnipeg on Wednesday it reached 18.8 C at the airport, smashing the old record of 14.4 C set in 1923 and 1930. The average daytime ...
Nov 10, 2016
Comey faces complicated path under Trump administration
WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey faces a complicated path under a Donald Trump administration. Does he try to serve out the remaining seven years of his term under a president who has publicly qu...
Nov 10, 2016
Canadian rugby captain Aaron Carpenter nears milestone in Ireland test
Captain Aaron Carpenter will move within one game of Al Charron’s Canadian record of 76 caps when he leads Canada out for a high-profile rugby test against fifth-ranked Ireland in Dublin on Satu...
Nov 10, 2016
Man facing charges after poppy can stolen from Halifax coffee shop
HALIFAX - A man is facing charges after he allegedly snatched a poppy donation can from a Halifax Tim Hortons outlet. Police say a man entered the coffee shop on Barrington Street around 3:40 p.m. las...
Nov 10, 2016
B.C. teachers win major court victory, government ready to open talks
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s teachers union expects more teachers in classrooms after winning a 14-year legal fight over bargaining rights on Thursday in Canada’s highest court. Glen Hans...
Nov 10, 2016