Category Archives: Canadian Press
Iowa library considers options after burning of LGBTQ books
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - Library officials in northwest Iowa are deciding how to respond after a religious activist burned four LGBTQ children’s books. Orange City library director Amanda Vazquez tol...
Oct 29, 2018
Exhausted workers a danger on land, sea and air, transportation board warns
OTTAWA - Fatigue is prevalent in rail, marine and air transportation, the Transportation Safety Board reported on Monday, and it called for “profound change” including to views held by man...
Oct 29, 2018
Ronaldo says rape allegation affecting his personal life
PARIS - Cristiano Ronaldo’s personal life is being impacted by the rape allegation against him, the soccer star said in an interview with France Football magazine. Excerpts from the interview we...
Oct 29, 2018
The Latest: Leicester players visit memorial to Thai owner
LEICESTER, England - The Latest on the helicopter crash in Leicester (all times local): ___ 2:35 p.m. Leicester’s soccer squad has visited the growing memorial to the team’s owner outside ...
Oct 29, 2018
NHL partners with MGM to share data for sports betting
NEW YORK - The NHL announced a multiyear agreement Monday to provide MGM Resorts International with data for use in betting, the second major U.S. professional sports league to strike a deal with the ...
Oct 29, 2018
Rhian Wilkinson to lead Canada's entry at FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay
TORONTO - Former Canada fullback Rhian Wilkinson takes another step on her young coaching career in November at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay. The 36-year-old native of Baie-D’...
Oct 29, 2018
Analyst touts Alberta royalty holiday as temporary Canadian crude price crutch
CALGARY - Steep oil price discounts costing Alberta producers and the provincial government millions of dollars each day in lost revenue could be eased if the industry is given a temporary royalty hol...
Oct 29, 2018
Mets throw a changeup: Agent Brodie Van Wagenen to be GM
NEW YORK - When the New York Mets went looking for a general manager, they found one in a peculiar place. On the other side of the bargaining table. Baseball agent Brodie Van Wagenen has agreed to swi...
Oct 29, 2018
Can a holographic screen help a new phone break out?
NEW YORK - Most leading phones offer the same basics: Big screens, decent battery life and good cameras. So when a newcomer brings something innovative to the party, why is it difficult to break throu...
Oct 29, 2018
Leafs' Matthews out at least 4 weeks with shoulder injury; doesn't need surgery
TORONTO - Auston Matthews knew things weren’t right as soon as he felt the contact. Now the Toronto Maple Leafs will have to do without one of their star centres for at least four weeks after an...
Oct 29, 2018