Category Archives: Canadian Press
New standoff in pipeline protest ebbs without violence
CANNON BALL, N.D. - A standoff between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and law enforcement over a highway roadblock diminished Friday without incident, a marked contrast to the forced removal a day e...
Oct 28, 2016
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games NHL Toronto 3 Florida 2 Montreal 3 Tampa Bay 1 Winnipeg 4 Dallas 1 Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 Arizona 5 Philadelphia 4 Minnesota 4 Buffalo 0 Detroit 2 St. Louis 1 San Jose 3 ...
Oct 28, 2016
Frequent fatal casino bus crashes draw attention from feds
LOS ANGELES - Rosa Ruiz returned from a gambling jaunt to San Diego before dawn Saturday and was back on another bus that evening, headed for a desert casino. Like others who routinely board buses bou...
Oct 27, 2016
Alberta mayor, MP say they will fight move of immigration processing centre
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - The mayor of an Alberta town says he will fight the relocation of the federal immigration and refugee processing centre that has been the community’s major employer since it ...
Oct 27, 2016
Jury awards more than $70M to woman in baby powder lawsuit
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the l...
Oct 27, 2016
Titans end home woes, roll to 36-22 victory over Jaguars
NASHVILLE - There’s nothing like a visit from the Jacksonville Jaguars to make the Tennessee Titans remember how to protect their home field. Marcus Mariota threw for 270 yards and two touchdown...
Oct 27, 2016
Manson follower 'Tex' Watson denied parole in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California parole officials recommended Thursday that Charles “Tex” Watson, the self-described right-hand man of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, should remain in...
Oct 27, 2016
North Carolina early voting surge comes after long fight
GREENSBORO, N.C. - As Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama campaigned together Thursday for the first time in North Carolina, early voting in the presidential battleground state appeared likely to surge...
Oct 27, 2016
Memo describes Bill Clinton's business ventures, fundraising
WASHINGTON - A 2011 confidential memo written by a longtime Bill Clinton aide during Hillary Clinton’s State Department tenure describes overlap between the former president’s business ven...
Oct 27, 2016
Filipino mayor among 10 dead in clash with anti-drug police
KORONADAL, Philippines - Philippine anti-narcotics officers gunned down a town mayor and nine of his men in a clash Friday in one of the bloodiest operations since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a...
Oct 27, 2016