Category Archives: Canadian Press
Emergency alert test sounds off on mobile phones nationwide
WASHINGTON - Electronic devices across the United States sounded off Wednesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted its first-ever national wireless emergency alert test. The tone went...
Oct 03, 2018
Montreal Canadiens veterans Karl Alzner, Tomas Plekanec won't play in opener
TORONTO - The Montreal Canadiens will make two long-serving NHLers healthy scratches for Wednesday night’s season opener in Toronto against the Maple Leafs. Defenceman Karl Alzner and centre Tom...
Oct 03, 2018
Marlies open season without last year's championship-winning goaltenders
TORONTO - Kasimir Kaskisuo believes he’s ready to be a starting goaltender in the American Hockey League. Justin Peters just wants a chance to keep his career afloat. Both could get their wish t...
Oct 03, 2018
Cancelled barge cuts off Arctic hamlets, leaves crucial supplies stranded
A massive outflow of heavy sea ice from the High Arctic has cut three communities off from their annual resupply barge shipment leaving household groceries, construction materials and municipal equipm...
Oct 03, 2018
Southern Arizona dam holding as water recedes
PHOENIX - A southern Arizona dam that had been at risk of breaking and flooding a small village held steady Wednesday as the lake behind it receded after being swollen with runoff from the remnants of...
Oct 03, 2018
'Very tough girl' was shaking after alleged gang rape, doctor tells trial
HALIFAX - The family doctor of a young woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by British sailors testified Wednesday that the complainant was shaking and upset when she examined her hours after ...
Oct 03, 2018
Masoli, Powell, Ward named CFL top performers for month of September
TORONTO - Hamilton quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, Ottawa running back William Powell and Redblacks kicker Lewis Ward are CFL’s top performers of September. Masoli scored 12 passing touchdowns in o...
Oct 03, 2018
Thailand keeping 'The Beach' of movie fame closed for rehab
BANGKOK - Authorities in Thailand said they have decided to indefinitely extend the closure of a beautiful bay made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach” until it recovers from...
Oct 03, 2018
Canadian men's volleyball team looking for new coach after Antiga departure
OTTAWA - Stephane Antiga has stepped down as head coach of the Canadian men’s volleyball team after two seasons. The 42-year-old from Suresnes, France is leaving “for personal reasons,R...
Oct 03, 2018
Hot metal: Electrics, SUVs and supercars mingle in Paris
PARIS - A wildly expensive supercar from Bugatti. A one-seater retro Ferrari with a giant engine. And, notwithstanding the buzz over electrics, a big, seven-seat luxury Mercedes-Benz SUV with a powerf...
Oct 03, 2018