Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quarterback Johnny Manziel take his first team reps at Ticats training camp
HAMILTON - A small step forward for Johnny Football. Johnny Manziel took his first team reps at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ training camp Tuesday. The former Heisman Trophy winner spent m...
May 22, 2018
Thai authorities block Bangkok march on coup anniversary
BANGKOK - Police in the Thai capital blocked a march Tuesday by pro-democracy activists protesting four years of military rule and detained several of the movement’s leaders. About 3,200 officer...
May 22, 2018
Experts disclose new details about 300-year-old shipwreck
BOSTON - A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomou...
May 22, 2018
Trump, Moon try to keep NKorea summit on track amid doubts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump laboured with South Korea’s Moon Jae-in Tuesday to keep the highly anticipated U.S. summit with North Korea on track after Trump abruptly cast doubt that the ...
May 22, 2018
Experts: China far side lunar mission potentially historic
BEIJING - China’s ambition to soft-land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year faces considerable challenges, but if successful would propel the country’s space program t...
May 22, 2018
Rare tiger cub dies at N.B. zoo after being born with health issues
MONCTON, N.B. - Staff at a New Brunswick zoo are mourning the loss of a rare tiger cub who died more than a week after she was born with three siblings. The Magnetic Hill Zoo announced ...
May 22, 2018
Iowa native Maddie Poppe wins 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES - Iowa native Maddie Poppe has won “American Idol.” The singer-songwriter bested Caleb Lee Hutchinson and Gabby Barrett in Monday night’s two-hour finale on ABC. Poppe an...
May 22, 2018
US bishop at royal wedding thought invitation was a prank
LONDON - The American bishop whose sermon caused a stir at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle thought the invitation was a prank. Rev. Michael Curry told ITV that he thought “somebody ...
May 22, 2018
Crown seeks 10 years for former executives behind Knowledge House collapse
HALIFAX - Federal Crown prosecutors argued on Tuesday that two of Nova Scotia’s most notorious white-collar criminals should be sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, prompting a judge...
May 22, 2018
German court rejects call for Puigdemont to be rearrested
BERLIN - A German court on Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to take former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont back into custody pending a decision on whether he can be extradited to Spain. Pu...
May 22, 2018