Category Archives: Canadian Press
US Interior chief wants smaller monuments, but not at home
BILLINGS, Mont. - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has closely followed his boss’ playbook, encouraging mining and drilling on public lands and reducing the size of national monuments that Pre...
Sep 27, 2017
Iranian soldier beheaded by IS in Syria mourned as an icon
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader and thousands of others on Wednesday mourned a young Revolutionary Guard soldier beheaded by the Islamic State group, a killing that has struck a nerve withi...
Sep 27, 2017

Garth Brooks releasing 5-part anthology of his music, career
LOS ANGELES - Garth Brooks is taking a long look back at his career in a five-part anthology series comprising of books and unreleased music, the first of which will go on sale in November. The countr...
Sep 27, 2017

Bill O'Reilly returns to Fox as Hannity's guest
NEW YORK - It felt like a flashback on Fox News Channel Tuesday, with Bill O’Reilly looking into the camera and declaring “the spin stops here.” Six months after he was fired from Fo...
Sep 27, 2017
Official: Rapper shot outside of landmark Hollywood hotel
LOS ANGELES - A Tennessee rapper was shot and critically wounded outside of a landmark Hollywood hotel Tuesday, and investigators are looking into whether he was targeted as part of a hip-hop rivalry ...
Sep 27, 2017
First refugees held by Australia in Pacific camps head to US
CANBERRA, Australia - The first 52 refugees to be accepted for resettlement in the United States under a contentious agreement with Australia have left Pacific island camps where they have languished ...
Sep 27, 2017
US slaps 220 per cent duty on Canada's Bombardier jets
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commerce Department says Canada unfairly subsidized Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer Bombardier and is calling for a nearly 220 per cent duty to be slapped on every Bombardie...
Sep 27, 2017

New Alaska highway stripes are crooked, paint staining cars
KETCHIKAN, Alaska - New yellow painted highway lines in the Alaska’s Panhandle city of Ketchikan are crooked and the paint that’s been used by state transportation officials has stained ca...
Sep 27, 2017

Saudi women allowed to drive in latest reform push by prince
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s surprise decision to grant women the right to drive rattled society in the kingdom on Wednesday, bringing cheers from rights activists and young people and ...
Sep 27, 2017
Dior fuses '60s spirit, women's lib at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS - Eighty-three shows on the calendar, talent coming in from over 20 countries and jet-setting celebrities flocking into the French capital can only mean one thing: It’s time for Paris Fash...
Sep 27, 2017