Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tory senators lead opposition to random roadside alcohol testing
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are leading a charge to gut legislation aimed at cracking down on impaired driving - voting to delete a measure Conservatives have previously championed. The Senate̵...
May 24, 2018
Angels push back Otani's next outing as starting pitcher
TORONTO - The Los Angeles Angels are pushing back Shohei Otani’s next outing as a starting pitcher to manage the workload of the two-way rookie. Angels manager Mike Scioscia made the announcemen...
May 24, 2018
Weather co-operating with evacuation of fire-threatened communities in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The weather co-operated Thursday with efforts to evacuate more than 1,000 people from two First Nations communities threatened by forest fires in northern Manitoba. With thick smoke no long...
May 24, 2018
There is misinformation on flyers giving tips on illegal border crossing: Hussen
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says officials will attempt to correct misinformation being circulated in New York state offering instructions to asylum seekers on how to illegally cross th...
May 24, 2018
Welington Castillo of White Sox banned 80 games for EPO test
NEW YORK - Chicago White Sox catcher Welington Castillo was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance. The commissione...
May 24, 2018
Ethics complaint filed over Gianforte assault
HELENA, Mont. - The head of the Montana Democratic Party on Thursday asked for a congressional ethics investigation into whether Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte lied to the police and the public w...
May 24, 2018
Tina Fey makes surprise visit to her former high school
UPPER DARBY, Pa. - Tina Fey has made a surprise visit to her former Pennsylvania high school. District officials say Fey stopped by Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby Wednesday to film a promotion...
May 24, 2018
Plaster falls from La Scala arches, no one injured
MILAN - Plaster has fallen from the outside arches of the La Scala opera house’s entrance, but no one was injured. La Scala spokesman Paolo Bessana said Thursday that humidity from recent rains ...
May 24, 2018
Aecon Chinese takeover bid is latest to be blocked by federal government
TORONTO - The federal government’s decision Wednesday to block the $1.5-billion acquisition of Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned company over matters of national security makes it the la...
May 24, 2018
UN chief concerned by cancellation of US-NKorea summit
GENEVA - The U.N. chief said Thursday he is “deeply concerned” by the cancellation of the planned summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Antonio Guterre...
May 24, 2018