Category Archives: Canadian Press
Paul Beatty beats out Canadians Thien, Szalay as Man Booker Prize winner
LONDON - Paul Beatty has won the Man Booker Prize for fiction for “The Sellout.” He is the first American novelist to take the prestigious literary award. Judges said Beatty’s provoc...
Oct 25, 2016
Lindsay Lohan's stepmom accused of kicking Florida officer
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Actress Lindsay Lohan’s stepmother is accused of assaulting a police officer following a domestic disturbance in South Florida. Jail records show 33-year-old Kate Lohan was ...
Oct 25, 2016
Trump, GOP look to 'Obamacare' report as comeback lifeline
DORAL, Fla. - Suddenly armed with fresh political ammunition, Donald Trump and anxious Republicans across the nation seized on spiking health care costs Tuesday in a final-days effort to spark electio...
Oct 25, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Oct. 25
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 25 --- DENNIS OLAND BAIL HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY Dennis Oland could be released from custody today, 10 months after a jury convicted him of second-degree...
Oct 25, 2016
Yukon Party promises to fight federal carbon tax amid territorial election
WHITEHORSE - The federal government’s carbon tax strategy is dominating Yukon’s territorial election, with the leader of the long-governing party promising to fight the levy while his riva...
Oct 25, 2016
Animal welfare groups hire former top bureaucrat to investigate Ontario SPCA
TORONTO - A longtime bureaucrat who helped write animal welfare laws in Ontario has been hired by two non-profit organizations to perform a deep dive into the agency charged with enforcing those laws....
Oct 25, 2016
New Brunswick court grants Dennis Oland bail pending new murder trial
FREDERICTON - Dennis Oland held hands with his wife and children as he exited by the front door of the Fredericton courthouse Tuesday, free on bail a day after an appeal court quashed his murder convi...
Oct 25, 2016
Obama mixes talk of 'mean tweets,' politics on Jimmy Kimmel
LOS ANGELES - President Barack Obama entertained Jimmy Kimmel’s audience with some of the mean tweets sent his way, beginning with one sent by Donald Trump in August when he said “Presiden...
Oct 25, 2016
Somali extremists kill 12 non-Muslims in northern Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - Islamic extremist gunmen from neighbouring Somalia killed 12 people in an attack on non-Muslims in Kenya’s northern Mandera County, an official said Tuesday. Somalia’s al-...
Oct 25, 2016
Blast in Turkish Mediterranean resort causes slight injuries
ANKARA, Turkey - An explosion inside a car left in the parking lot of the local chamber of trade in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Tuesday slightly injured about a dozen people, an official sa...
Oct 25, 2016