Category Archives: Canadian Press
No rest for CHL goalies in back-to-backs, heavy workload just normal life
Prince Albert Raiders goaltender Ian Scott found that out last season when he started all three games on a weekend road trip through Alberta just how much of a grind the major junior hockey season can...
Oct 04, 2018
Eastern Metis chief says Mi'kmaq, Metis National Council are 'fear mongering'
HALIFAX - The chief of one of the largest eastern Metis groups is condemning an agreement between the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs and the Metis National Council, saying it creates ...
Oct 04, 2018
Ontario researchers testing origins of life theory in new planet simulator
A small group of Ontario researchers believe they may have solved the origins of life mystery. The results come from early experiments run in a planet simulator at McMaster University’s new Orig...
Oct 04, 2018
Montreal soaring to new economic heights, but headwinds still buffet the summit
MONTREAL - In a sun-lit lecture space at Ecole Polytechnique, Joelle Pineau explained how a machine can create a recipe from a photo of a tourtiere. It's not easy as pie, but rather the fruit of 12 mo...
Oct 04, 2018
Canadian women's volleyball team eliminated at world championship
SAPPORO, Japan - The Canadian women’s volleyball team has been knocked out of the world championship. A 3-1 loss (23-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-21) to Bulgaria (2-3) on Wednesday prevented Canada (1-4...
Oct 04, 2018
West accuses Russian spy agency of scores of attacks
LONDON - The West unleashed an onslaught of new evidence and indictments Thursday accusing Russian military spies of hacking so widespread that it seemed to target anyone, anywhere who investigates Mo...
Oct 04, 2018
Aid groups now using the same data technology as bitcoin
LONDON - In the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, Amar Al-Eid heads toward the checkout of the food distribution store carrying supplies for his two children. The shopkeeper raises a black box to...
Oct 04, 2018
Jurors deliberating in murder trial of Chicago officer
CHICAGO - Attorneys in the trial of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald sparred over what video of the deadly encounter actually p...
Oct 04, 2018
Lawyer: Woman in suicide texting case did not commit crime
BOSTON - A young woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for sending text messages encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself did not force him to end his life and cannot be held responsible becaus...
Oct 04, 2018
Medallist wants to put paddle in water for Liberals in next federal election
OTTAWA - An Olympic kayaker is looking to splash Liberal gold on a southern Ontario riding long held by the Conservatives. Decorated athlete Adam van Koeverden announced Thursday he hopes to run as a ...
Oct 04, 2018