Category Archives: Canadian Press
Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and turned some streets into raging riv...
Sep 20, 2017
Billy Bush separating from wife after nearly 20 years
NEW YORK - Former “Access Hollywood” and “Today” show personality Billy Bush has separated from wife Sydney Davis after nearly 20 years of marriage. Jill Fritzo, Bush’s p...
Sep 20, 2017
Trump mocks Emmy ceremony for low ratings
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is mocking Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony - where he himself was frequently mocked by host Stephen Colbert, presenters and prize-winners. Trump tweets, “...
Sep 20, 2017
Alex Bazzie needed a 'clear mind' before CFL return following NFL disappointment
SURREY, B.C. - Alex Bazzie wanted to make sure he had shaken his NFL hangover. The defensive lineman signed a contract with the B.C. Lions through the rest of the season earlier this week, rejoining t...
Sep 20, 2017
Couche-Tard says it still wants to sell marijuana in its Quebec convenience stores
LAVAL, Que. - Alimentation Couche-Tard is still interested in selling marijuana and its co-founder says he thinks provincial governments should stay out of selling this product. Alain Bouchard, the ex...
Sep 20, 2017
U.S. museum given 'cultural repatriation' award for returning Inuit bodies
A renowned American museum and an Inuit government have received an award for returning Inuit bodies that had been dug up and taken for scientific study. Chicago’s Field Museum and the Nunatsiav...
Sep 20, 2017
Iowa Supreme Court hears woman's $75 speeding ticket case
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa woman who says she was wrongly ticketed by an automated traffic camera when she wasn’t speeding has accomplished the unusual feat of getting the state Supreme Court to...
Sep 20, 2017
College towns feel pinch from rental sites like Airbnb
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Time was when renting an apartment in one of this college town’s funky triple-deckers or two-family homes wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Now, renting in Cambridge can f...
Sep 20, 2017
Diplomats meet on Iran deal as Trump stays mum on decision
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump has determined how he wants to approach the Iran nuclear deal - which he has called the worst agreement ever negotiated by the United States - but has not told even h...
Sep 20, 2017
AP Interview: Lavrov hints US-Russia 'tit-for-tat' could end
NEW YORK - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told The Associated Press in an interview that he heard positive news in President Donald Trump’s United Nations address: “that the U.S. w...
Sep 20, 2017