Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man loses latest court fight over violent Facebook posts
PHILADELPHIA - A U.S. appeals court is affirming the conviction of a Pennsylvania man who posted violent rap lyrics on Facebook that took aim at his estranged wife, an elementary school and the FBI. T...
Oct 28, 2016
Kevin Garnett joining TNT as a weekly contributor
MINNEAPOLIS - It didn’t take long for Kevin Garnett to find work after retirement. The 15-time All-Star has a multiyear agreement with Turner Sports to join the network’s wildly popular NB...
Oct 28, 2016
Montreal-bound Air Canada flight diverted to London after medical emergency
MONTREAL - A Montreal-bound Air Canada flight was briefly diverted to London this morning due to an onboard medical emergency with a passenger. A spokeswoman for the airline says the plane left Rome b...
Oct 28, 2016
No current risk of Zika after mosquito species linked to virus found in Windsor
WINDSOR, Ont. - Health officials say there is no current risk of Zika transmission after mosquito larvae from a species linked to human cases of the virus were found in the Windsor, Ont., area. Offici...
Oct 28, 2016
Roughriders ready for another shot at Lions quarterback Jonathon Jennings
REGINA - B.C. Lions quarterback Jonathon Jennings is going to look for any opening the Saskatchewan Roughriders give him on Saturday. Jennings and the Lions face a Saskatchewan pass defence that has l...
Oct 28, 2016
Justice Malcolm Rowe formally appointed to Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - Justice Malcolm Rowe has been formally appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Rowe, a former justice of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, was nominated to the court last week ...
Oct 28, 2016
Ottawa runs $2.7B deficit in August compared with $2.3B deficit in August 2015
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $2.7 billion in August compared with a deficit of $2.3 billion in the same month last year. According to the Finance Department’s latest fiscal m...
Oct 28, 2016
Ottawa, Nova Scotia announce funding for new Halifax women's shelter
HALIFAX - An aging women’s shelter in Nova Scotia will be replaced with a new building through a federal program that will provide up to $3 million to help with construction. The official announ...
Oct 28, 2016
Bundy attorney cited for failing to comply with order
PORTLAND, Ore. - Ammon Bundy’s lawyer will be back in Oregon next year, this time as the accused. In a bizarre ending to the trial, Marcus Mumford was wrestled to the ground by U.S. marshals and...
Oct 28, 2016
Hungarian musicians recall secret jazz recordings from 1956
BUDAPEST, Hungary - In Hungary of the 1950s, jazz music was a dangerous pastime - but music lovers got some clandestine help from the United States government. Jazz was a tool of U.S. Cold War diploma...
Oct 28, 2016