Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lawyers to inspect, diagram Las Vegas shooting site
LAS VEGAS - A judge will allow lawyers for a California woman who was critically wounded in the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival to inspect and photograph the concert site. The grou...
Oct 30, 2017
Judy Martz, first female governor of Montana, dies at 74
HELENA, Mont. - Montana’s only female governor and lieutenant governor, whose fiscal success running the state was overshadowed by scandal and gaffes, has died. Judy Martz, who had been battling...
Oct 30, 2017
Merle Haggard museum, eatery planned in Nashville
NASHVILLE - A new Nashville attraction will be devoted to the music and memory of Merle Haggard. Bill and Shannon Miller will open the Merle Haggard Museum and Merle’s Meat + Three Saloon in sum...
Oct 30, 2017
Veteran scrum half Phil Mack to lead Canadian rugby team on European tour
TORONTO - Veteran scrum half Phil Mack will captain Canada for its November rugby test matches. The 32-year-old from Victoria has spent more than decade with the Canadian sevens and 15s squads. The Ca...
Oct 30, 2017
Unifor and U.S. commerce secretary agree on key NAFTA strategy: Dias
WASHINGTON - Unifor president Jerry Dias says he and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross have agreed that combating low Mexican wages is the key to breaking the impasse at NAFTA renegotiations. Bot...
Oct 30, 2017
Ottawa, Volkswagen, both want diesel vehicle investigation documents sealed
OTTAWA - The federal government has refused to provide records showing the scope of its investigation into the Volkswagen emissions-duping scandal in Canada and the Germany automaker is now seeking a ...
Oct 30, 2017
Feds still committed to NAFTA, says Trudeau; won't discuss Harper letter
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking the high road on a letter from his Conservative predecessor Stephen Harper that says the current federal government has been caught “napping on N...
Oct 30, 2017
Amber Alert suspect now faces charge of first-degree murder
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The man at the heart of an Amber Alert in Quebec this summer has had a murder charge upgraded and another one added. The man was charged north of Montreal on Monday with second-de...
Oct 30, 2017
Fats Domino tribute concert, parade planned for Wednesday
NEW ORLEANS - Trumpeter James Andrews says some of Fats Domino’s band members will be at a bar near Domino’s old New Orleans neighbourhood for a tribute this week. He said Monday that bari...
Oct 30, 2017
'House of Cards' cancelled as fallout continues for Spacey
NEW YORK - The fallout facing Kevin Spacey widened Monday following an accusation that he allegedly made sexual advances on a teen boy, with Netflix pulling the plug on his hit show “House of Ca...
Oct 30, 2017