Category Archives: Canadian Press
Schilling agrees to settlement in failed video game venture
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and others agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to end their part of a lawsuit brought over Rhode Island’s disastrous $75 million deal wit...
Sep 19, 2016

Colbert, Oliver to join forces for film festival fundraiser
NEWARK, N.J. - Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR’) and John Oliver will join forces for an event that will benefit a New Jersey film festival. The Nov. 19 event at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center...
Sep 19, 2016

US homebuilder sentiment rises in September as sales improve
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders has surged to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting a brighter outlook for sales now and into 2017. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo bu...
Sep 19, 2016

International gathering again puts Syria no closer to peace
NEW YORK - Another city, another Syria meeting. Another failure. Tuesday’s gathering of the top U.S. and Russian diplomats, and more than a dozen of their Arab and European counterparts, ended w...
Sep 19, 2016

Canadians can threaten World Cup chances of U.S. rivals with win on Tuesday
TORONTO - Mike Babcock doesn’t want Team Canada getting “fat” after opening the World Cup of Hockey with a one-sided victory over the Czech Republic. Overconfidence can be dangerous ...
Sep 19, 2016
Inn that inspired Longfellow: Guests, give us our stuff back
SUDBURY, Mass. - A historic Massachusetts inn that inspired poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was once owned by automotive pioneer Henry Ford wants its stuff back - no questions asked. Longfellow...
Sep 19, 2016
Ex-England player Gascoigne pleads guilty to racial offence
DUDLEY, England - Troubled former England player Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence and has been fined. The ex-Tottenham and Lazio midfielder admitted used...
Sep 19, 2016

Former statistics chief questions Liberal promise of more independence
OTTAWA - The country’s former chief statistician is casting doubt on the Liberal government’s promised commitments to Statistics Canada based on its handling of an issue that forced his su...
Sep 19, 2016
World leaders at UN approve plan for refugee crisis
World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more co-ordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe....
Sep 19, 2016
Halifax mayoral candidates agree to forego lawn signs to send pro-green message
HALIFAX - The candidates for Halifax’s highest municipal office have agreed to ditch lawn signs as a way of sending a message that political campaigns shouldn’t produce unnecessary waste. ...
Sep 19, 2016