Category Archives: Canadian Press
Boycott looms for landmark named after slave owner
Boston’s Faneuil Hall has served as a home for civic rhetoric from the time colonists congregated to talk about freedom from the British. But the site known as the Cradle of Liberty is named aft...
Jul 31, 2018
Scientists: 1st sighting of dolphin hybrid is no 'wholphin'
HONOLULU - Scientists are touting the first sighting of a hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in the ocean off Hawaii. But don’t call it a “wholphin,” the...
Jul 31, 2018
Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean's plastic trash
NEW ORLEANS - Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about New Orleans’ aquarium and zoo , all of them made from plastic trash that washed ashore. There’s a great white shark made partly o...
Jul 31, 2018
Alex Trebek can see life without 'Jeopardy'
LOS ANGELES - Alex Trebek can see life without “Jeopardy.” Speaking Sunday on Fox News’ “OBJECTified,” the 78-year-old said the odds are 50/50, “and a little less,&...
Jul 31, 2018
Croatia bids emotional farewell to beloved singer Dragojevic
SPLIT, Croatia - Lighting torches and applauding, tens of thousands of people on Tuesday bid an emotional farewell to Oliver Dragojevic, the late Croatian singer who was also adored throughout the for...
Jul 31, 2018
Film inclusion report says rhetoric doesn't equal results
LOS ANGELES - Despite enthusiastic discourse around diversity in film, a report from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released Tuesday says when it comes to...
Jul 31, 2018
Fresh Canadian crew focused on recapturing world junior hockey gold
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Alex Formenton and Maxime Comtois know what it takes to capture world junior hockey gold and now they’re sharing their wisdom with a whole new squad. Both of the young forwards ...
Jul 31, 2018
"Something special about this boy:" Davies goes from refugee camp to soccer pitch
EDMONTON - Soccer phenom Alphonso Davies and his former Edmonton Strikers coach, Nick Huoseh, often talk or text after his matches with the Vancouver Whitecaps. Huoseh said they usually go something l...
Jul 31, 2018
Veterans' access to benefits a persistent problem, ombudsman says
OTTAWA - Canada’s veterans ombudsman says that while the federal government has implemented a number of his recommendations over the years, veterans are facing difficulty accessing some benefits...
Jul 31, 2018
European economic expansion slows amid trade fears
FRANKFURT - Europe’s economic upswing slowed further in the second quarter amid concerns over global trade disputes that have seen the world’s major powers impose new tariffs on each other...
Jul 31, 2018