Category Archives: Canadian Press
Five top questions about federal carbon tax and how it affects you
OTTAWA - Five things you need to know about how the national price on carbon affects you. 1. What provinces are affected? Only people living in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick will b...
Oct 23, 2018
Alabama music fest ends after weather plagued 2018's event
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The largest music festival in Alabama’s most populous city has announced that this summer’s event was its last, as weather issues had plagued the two days of shows. The ...
Oct 23, 2018
Walkoff Memories: '93 Jays reunite for 25th anniversary of World Series win
TORONTO - Even though he was in the home dugout at the time, former Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston didn’t see Joe Carter hit his famous home run to win the 1993 World Series. Gaston had j...
Oct 23, 2018
Kingston man charged in 2014 sex assaults, police say
KINGSTON, Ont. - A 46-year-old Kingston, Ont., man is facing charges in a series of alleged sexual assaults from four years ago. City police say the alleged victim in the case was sexually assaulted t...
Oct 23, 2018
Canadian troops, families take shelter in hotel after Florida hurricane
OTTAWA - Thirty Canadian military members and their families were forced to evacuate their Florida homes and are now living in a hotel after a hurricane ripped through the U.S. air force base where th...
Oct 23, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs learning to deal with having a target on their back
TORONTO - Mike Babcock says life at the top isn’t for everyone. The head coach of the Maple Leafs no doubt enjoyed his team’s fast start to the season - an early surge that saw Toronto sco...
Oct 23, 2018
QuickQuotes: reaction to Ottawa's carbon rebate plan announced Tuesday
OTTAWA - Some of what was said Tuesday about the federal government’s move to send tax rebates directly to residents in provinces subject to an additional carbon levy from Ottawa. “Let me ...
Oct 23, 2018
Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were ...
Oct 23, 2018
Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement
LOS ANGELES - Rapper Nicki Minaj is being sued for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday in a Los Angeles federal court. The Grammy-wi...
Oct 23, 2018
Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson 'feeling good' after concussion
VANCOUVER - Elias Pettersson hopes he never has to go through the NHL’s concussion protocol again. “It’s been very boring. I’d like to not do it again in my career,” the ...
Oct 23, 2018