Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kardashian joins string of big jewel heist victims
PARIS - Kim Kardashian West joined a line of victims of major jewel heists when armed robbers entered her Paris residence, chained her to bathroom furnishings and escaped with jewels worth an estimate...
Oct 03, 2016
Judge temporarily suspends controversial Montreal pit bull ban until Wednesday
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge temporarily suspended Montreal’s controversial regulation banning new pit bulls Monday and questioned whether the city overstepped its bounds in enacting the bylaw. Sup...
Oct 03, 2016
National carbon price to be $10 a tonne in 2018, $50 by 2022, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pre-empted climate change negotiations with Canada’s premiers, announcing that the federal government will impose a pan-Canadian floor price on carbon ...
Oct 03, 2016
Maria Sharapova to learn doping appeal verdict on Tuesday
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The verdict in Maria Sharapova’s appeal against a two-year doping ban will be announced Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it will issue the decision at 3 p...
Oct 03, 2016
Grounded boat owned by Jamie's Whaling Station now off rocks near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - A vessel belonging to a whale-watching company is no longer stranded on rocks off Vancouver Island. A spokesman with Jamie’s Whaling Station in Tofino, B.C., says the Stellar Sea ...
Oct 03, 2016
Putin suspends weapons-grade plutonium deal with US
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a deal with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, once a symbol of U.S.-Russian rapprochement that has fallen apart amid t...
Oct 03, 2016
Hungry pigs chomp lawns in Northern California neighbourhood
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Wild pigs are eating front yards in at least one Northern California neighbourhood. KNTV reports (http://bit.ly/2dMprSp) that the pigs strike in the middle of the night, digging up ...
Oct 03, 2016
Ohio plans January execution using new 3-drug combination
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio said it plans to resume executions in January with a new three-drug combination after an unofficial moratorium dating to early 2014 and blamed on shortages of lethal drugs. It sa...
Oct 03, 2016
Outdoor giant Bass Pro to acquire rival Cabela's for $4.5B
OMAHA, Neb. - Outdoor gear giant Bass Pro is snapping up rival Cabela’s in a $4.5 billion deal announced Monday. Bass Pro is paying Cabela’s shareholders $65.50 cash per share, a 19 per ce...
Oct 03, 2016
Labrador company asks top court to review lopsided hydro deal with Quebec
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Canada’s top court has been asked to review the 1969 Churchill Falls deal that has given Hydro-Quebec many times more in profits than Newfoundland and Labrador. The case...
Oct 03, 2016