Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge won't throw out ruling explaining Arpaio's conviction
PHOENIX - The judge in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s now-pardoned criminal case has refused the retired lawman’s request to throw out all rulings in the case, including a blistering decision...
Oct 20, 2017
Trucker arrested for California bus crash that killed 13
INDIO, Calif. - A trucker charged with killing 13 people after a Southern California tour bus rear-ended his big-rig on a freeway last year was arrested Thursday in Georgia. Bruce Guilford, 51, of Geo...
Oct 20, 2017
Alabama inmate defiant before execution for killing officer
ATMORE, Ala. - The convicted killer of a police officer used his final moments before being put to death to curse at the state of Alabama, raising his middle fingers in defiance at the start of a leth...
Oct 20, 2017
Australian car-making ends with last GM plant closing
CANBERRA, Australia - The last mass-produced car designed and built in Australia rolled off General Motors Co.’s production line in the industrial city of Adelaide on Friday as the nation reluct...
Oct 20, 2017
New Battle of the Alamo is brewing over Texas shrine revamp
SAN ANTONIO - Remember the Alamo? A new Texas battle is brewing over how best to do so. Land Commissioner George P. Bush is overseeing a 7-year revamp of the shrine where 189 Texas independence fighte...
Oct 20, 2017
John McCain memoir, 'The Restless Wave,' coming in April
NEW YORK - An upcoming memoir from Sen. John McCain has taken on new meaning since he first decided to write it. “The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciation...
Oct 20, 2017
Russia accuses US govt of pushing for its Olympic exclusion
MOSCOW - The Kremlin accused the U.S. government on Friday of pushing for Russia’s exclusion from the Olympics. A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the IOC was coming under pressur...
Oct 20, 2017
QuickList: September inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): ...
Oct 20, 2017
QuickList: September inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluct...
Oct 20, 2017
Inflation accelerates to 1.6% in September; retail trade contracts in August
OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate accelerated last month but economists believe it’s unlikely the increase will push the Bank of Canada to raise its key interest rate next week....
Oct 20, 2017