Category Archives: Canadian Press
Halt Toronto casino deal during B.C. money laundering probe: Ontario PCs
TORONTO - Ontario’s Opposition is calling on the government to halt a deal with a gaming company that runs a British Columbia casino alleged to have accepted millions that could be proceeds of c...
Oct 30, 2017
Ontario politician wants 'zombie law' to bar phone use while crossing roads
TORONTO - A proposed law targeting distracted pedestrians will open up a broader debate about the risky behaviour, an Ontario politician advocating for a “zombie bill” said Monday. Liberal...
Oct 30, 2017
It lives! This nightmare machine writes bone-chilling tales
Don’t throw away your Stephen King collection just yet. But the Master of the Macabre might want to keep an eye out behind him, because scientists have just unleashed a nightmare machine on a mi...
Oct 30, 2017
Egypt extends detention of man held over rainbow flag
CAIRO - Egyptian state security prosecutors have extended the pre-trial detention of a young man arrested on charges of “promoting deviance” after fans waved rainbow flags at a rock concer...
Oct 30, 2017
US consumer spending surged 1 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - Consumers boosted their spending by 1 per cent in September, the biggest gain in eight years. The surge was fueled by robust demand across sectors, especially autos in the wake of recent ...
Oct 30, 2017
Revolutionaries to supernovas: Glamour names women of 2017
NEW YORK - It’s been one epic year for women, a notion definitely not lost on Glamour magazine as it named U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, 27 key facilitators of the Women’s March on Washington a...
Oct 30, 2017
Husband, wife who survived Las Vegas shooting die in crash
LAS VEGAS - A husband and wife from California who survived the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival died several weeks after the Oct. 1 massacre in an auto crash. The Las Vegas Review-...
Oct 30, 2017
Police: Danish inventor admits dismembering journalist
TALLINN, Estonia - She was a promising young journalist, tested in trouble spots throughout the world, reporting on a Danish inventor famed for building what was thought to be the world’s larges...
Oct 30, 2017
German coalition negotiator urges calmer approach
BERLIN - A leading negotiator in talks to form Germany’s next government is urging all involved to “go down a gear” after a stalemate over contentious issues was accompanied by mutua...
Oct 30, 2017
Driver dead, officer shot after police chase on interstate
SENATOBIA, Miss. - Authorities say a Tennessee man shot dead after a high-speed chase in Mississippi was wanted following his wife’s death last week. Forty-six-year-old Eric Higgs was shot after...
Oct 30, 2017