Category Archives: Canadian Press
Image of Asia: Wedding dresses at fashion week in Beijing
In this photo by Andy Wong, a model presents a wedding dress designed by Tsai Meiyue during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing. Tsai’s other creations for weddings included illumina...
Oct 27, 2016

Average US 30-year mortgage rate eases to 3.47 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, moving closer to historically low levels. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage eased to...
Oct 27, 2016
Amy Yang leads LPGA Malaysia at 63; Michelle Wie shoots 66
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Amy Yang took the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia lead, and Michelle Wie had her best score in more than a year. Lydia Ko had to fight to get back to even par in her first event sinc...
Oct 27, 2016
Arkansas court disqualifies 2nd medical marijuana proposal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, b...
Oct 27, 2016
'Reads like you're punting': Why Clinton chopped a KXL reference from her book
WASHINGTON - A reference to the Keystone XL pipeline was chopped from Hillary Clinton’s memoir due to political considerations, according to the latest batch of stolen emails posted Thursday on ...
Oct 27, 2016
Woman calls lottery tickets a waste of time - until she wins
LEICESTER, N.C. - A North Carolina woman who bought a scratch-off ticket to show her husband that lottery tickets are a waste of money has won $1 million. Glenda Blackwell of Leicester tells WLOS-TV (...
Oct 27, 2016
Six kids allegedly abducted in Calgary found east of Toronto: police
Calgary police say a man accused of abducting his partner’s six children and driving them to Ontario likely thought he was doing the right thing. The mother of the children, aged between 18 mont...
Oct 27, 2016

Couple pleads guilty in Halifax woman's horrific murder, dismemberment
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia couple has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing and horrific dismemberment of a young Halifax mother who pleaded with them to spare her life. Jason James Johnson an...
Oct 27, 2016
Sotheby's to auction Rockwell painting on 1944 election
NEW YORK - A painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts the undecided voter sentiment during the 1944 presidential election - much like the 2016 race - will be the highlight of an auction of American ar...
Oct 27, 2016
Roughrider fans, players prepare to say goodbye to Mosaic Stadium
REGINA - It was a bone-chilling day when Gene Makowsky and other members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders returned to Mosaic Stadium to celebrate winning the 2007 Grey Cup. About 8,000 fans waited in t...
Oct 27, 2016