Category Archives: Canadian Press
Domingo's LA Opera contract extended through 2021-22
LOS ANGELES - Placido Domingo has renewed his contract as general director of the Los Angeles Opera for three years through the 2021-22 season. The 75-year-old singer joined the company as an artistic...
Oct 06, 2016
For tourists, storm is Hurricane Who Shall Not Be Named
ORLANDO, Fla. - Voldemort couldn’t stop Harry Potter, but Matthew did. Three of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, Universal Studios (home to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter...
Oct 06, 2016
Barely half of illegal border crossers caught
SAN DIEGO - Immigration authorities caught just over half of the people who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico last year, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security ...
Oct 06, 2016
Officer acquitted in shooting death of mentally ill man
NORFOLK, Va. - A jury in Virginia on Thursday acquitted a white police officer who had been charged in the shooting death of a mentally ill black man holding a knife. Norfolk police Officer Michael Ed...
Oct 06, 2016
Dion's thumbs-down gesture seen as disrespect by mother of abducted kids
OTTAWA - A B.C. woman whose four children were abducted by her ex-husband to Iran says she was shocked to see Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion make a dismissive thumbs-down gesture when her orde...
Oct 06, 2016
Swapping spit: How much cocaine can actually be passed through kissing?
TORONTO - Is it possible to ingest cocaine by kissing someone who has just snorted the powerful stimulant drug? Enough that its chemical signature would show up on an athlete’s doping tests? Tha...
Oct 06, 2016
Maker looking to continue Woodbine success with Da Big Hoss in International
TORONTO - Woodbine Racetrack has been very good to trainer Mike Maker. The 47-year-old native of Garden City, Mich., has registered six stakes victories at the track, including this year’s Queen...
Oct 06, 2016
Sens F Dzingel getting rewarded for strong camp with top 6 spot against Sabres
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will play their final pre-season game Friday against Buffalo with what could be their opening night roster. That group will include forward Ryan Dzingel, a pleasant surpri...
Oct 06, 2016
Texas officers find dozens of people held captive in homes
IRVING, Texas - Dozens of people were found being held against their will in what their captives told authorities were drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, police ...
Oct 06, 2016
UN agency agrees to establish world's first aviation climate deal
MONTREAL - The world’s first climate deal aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from international air travel was overwhelmingly approved Thursday by a United Nations aviation agency...
Oct 06, 2016