Category Archives: Canadian Press

Palmer made mark on Canadian golf, including first PGA Tour win in 1955
The outpouring of warmth for Arnold Palmer extended north of the border the day after his death, even if the King of golf almost thwarted Canadian Sandra Post’s bid to win the 1978 Dinah Shore c...
Sep 26, 2016
German state broadcaster files lawsuit against Turkey
BERLIN - German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says it has filed a civil lawsuit in Turkey’s capital demanding the return of a videotaped interview with the country’s minister for youth and sp...
Sep 26, 2016

Iran releases Canadian-Iranian professor held since June
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s state-run news agency is reporting that Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar has been freed from prison and flown out of the country. IRNA filed the brief story Monday a...
Sep 26, 2016
Man encased in hot tar in Toronto industrial accident in critical condition
TORONTO - A man is in life-threatening condition after being encased in hot tar that solidified during an industrial accident in Toronto on Monday morning. Rescuers worked for more than an hour to fre...
Sep 26, 2016

Sales of new homes tumbled 7.6 per cent in August
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes retreated in August, one month after surging to the highest level in nearly nine years. Activity fell in all regions of the country except the West. New home sales drop...
Sep 26, 2016

Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar freed from prison in Iran
MONTREAL - Retired Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar has been released from an Iranian prison and is recovering with family in Oman, her friends and colleagues confirmed Monday, four months afte...
Sep 26, 2016
Lindsay Lohan visits hospital for Syrian refugees in Turkey
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s state-run news agency says American actress Lindsay Lohan has visited Syrian refugees at an Istanbul hospital and the home of a refugee family from Aleppo. The Anadolu agency...
Sep 26, 2016

Nigeria military: 8 soldiers killed in attacks by extremists
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Islamic extremists have killed eight soldiers and wounded 17 in two attacks in northeastern Nigeria, the country’s military said Monday. The attacks bring the official toll ...
Sep 26, 2016

Drugmaker Pfizer decides not to break up business
TRENTON, N.J. - Drug giant Pfizer says it won’t split into two publicly traded companies, despite pressure from investors frustrated by its lagging stock price, ending years of Wall Street specu...
Sep 26, 2016
Rome's city council to vote Thursday on 2024 Olympics bid
Rome’s city council will vote Thursday whether to support Mayor Virginia Raggi’s rejection of the city’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The motion is expected to pass easily since...
Sep 26, 2016