Category Archives: Canadian Press
Leadfoot who barreled through Edmonton school zone to cool heels in jail
EDMONTON - A man who chose the wrong day to zoom through an elementary school zone in Edmonton going 122 kilometres an hour will spend a week’s worth of time behind bars. Brodie Rae Christensen,...
Nov 02, 2016
Effigy of Donald Trump to be burned at UK bonfire display
LONDON - A British town is burning a giant effigy of Donald Trump, holding the head of Hillary Clinton, at its annual bonfire celebrations. Britons light bonfires and set off fireworks on or near Nov....
Nov 02, 2016
Qui Nguyen wins Main Event, $8M at World Series of Poker
Former nail salon owner and failed professional baccarat player Qui Nguyen won the World Series of Poker Main Event early Wednesday morning in Las Vegas, claiming the top prize of $8,005,310 and a gol...
Nov 02, 2016

New Brunswick python trial hears emotional testimony: more witnesses today
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - The trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys, who were suffocated by a python, heard emotional testimony from their mother on Wednesday. Mandy Trecartin...
Nov 02, 2016
Broadcom buying Brocade Communications in $5.5B deal
NEW YORK - Chipmaker Broadcom is buying Brocade in a deal valued at approximately $5.5 billion. Brocade shareholders will receive $12.75 per share, a 13 per cent premium to the Tuesday closing prices ...
Nov 02, 2016

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appoints six new senators for Quebec
OTTAWA - Independent senators now outnumber their colleagues affiliated with a political party after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau filled six vacancies in Quebec on Wednesday. The new senators include...
Nov 02, 2016

Concerns raised over all-military team tasked with probing military college
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces came under fire Wednesday for leaving academics and other non-military personnel off the team investigating the Royal Military College of Canada, which has been rocked by ...
Nov 02, 2016

Sean Hannity sorry for fake story on Michelle Obama, Clinton
NEW YORK - Sean Hannity has apologized for reading a fake news story on air that claimed first lady Michelle Obama had scrubbed her Twitter account of mentions of Democratic presidential nominee Hilla...
Nov 02, 2016
Autopsy: Man killed by Chicago-area police was shot 5 times
CHICAGO - An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner’s office has determined that a man killed by suburban Chicago police was shot five times, including once in the back. Donte Jones of Mayw...
Nov 02, 2016

Walter Scott's passenger in traffic stop: 'He was murdered'
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A man riding with a motorist who was fatally shot by a police officer while running away from a traffic stop testified Thursday that he doesn’t know why his friend tried to fl...
Nov 02, 2016