Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge's ruling weakens Election Day registration in Illinois
CHICAGO - Voters in highly populated areas of Illinois will have fewer options to register on Election Day this November after a federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted broader registration rules ...
Sep 27, 2016

Friend texted worries about boating with Marlins' Fernandez
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at a Miami River bar and restaurant the same night he and two friends were killed in a boat crash, a spokeswoman for the establishment confirmed Tuesd...
Sep 27, 2016

Jaroslav Halak needs mighty effort to top Carey Price and Team Canada
TORONTO - It seems like madness now, but six years ago, a fiery debate about the future of the Canadiens crease raged in Montreal. Carey Price had not yet become the top goalie in the sport, nudged as...
Sep 27, 2016
Ottawa police investigating 'suspicious' death of Annie Pootoogook
OTTAWA - The Ottawa police are now treating the death of award-winning Inuit artist as suspicious. The body of Ottawa resident Annie Pootoogook, 46, was discovered last week in the Rideau River, off a...
Sep 27, 2016

New Brunswick offering free second-language training to unemployed
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will spend up to $1 million to provide free second-language training for unemployed adults. Premier Brian Gallant made the announcement Tuesday, saying many ...
Sep 27, 2016
New Jeep Compass SUV looks like shrunken Grand Cherokee
DETROIT - The fastest-growing part of the U.S. auto market is getting another new vehicle. Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep brand unveiled a redesigned Jeep Compass compact SUV at a factory in Brazil Monday...
Sep 27, 2016

US consumer confidence jumped in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence rose in September to the highest level in nine years. The Conference Board says that its consumer confidence index rose to 104.1, up from 101.8 in August. It was ...
Sep 27, 2016

Feds failed to assess privacy implications of C-51 info-sharing: watchdog
OTTAWA - The government hasn’t done enough to protect the privacy of “law-abiding Canadians” from new information-sharing powers in the omnibus security legislation known as C-51, sa...
Sep 27, 2016
Gay firefighter wins compensation for abuse on Halifax military base
HALIFAX - A firefighter has won compensation after enduring abuse and equipment tampering at a Halifax naval base because he is gay. The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal says the unidentifi...
Sep 27, 2016
Bear at Polish zoo finds WWII mortar grenade
WARSAW, Poland - Taking a toy from a bear can be dangerous, especially when the toy is a mortar grenade. Malgorzata Chodyla, spokeswoman for a zoo in Poznan, in western Poland, told The Associated Pre...
Sep 27, 2016