Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian Milos Raonic upsets Berdych to advance to semis at Mercedes Cup
STUTTGART, Germany - Milos Raonic’s impressive comeback from injury continued on Friday at the Mercedes Cup. The Canadian came through in two tiebreakers to upset third-seed Tomas Berdych of the...
Jun 15, 2018
Stephen Hawking's ashes buried in Westminster Abbey
LONDON - The ashes of Stephen Hawking were buried Friday in a corner of Westminster Abbey that honours some of Britain’s greatest scientists, between the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newto...
Jun 15, 2018
Winning AHL championship should make Toronto's Sheldon Keefe a wanted man
Toronto Marlies head coach Sheldon Keefe didn’t care to talk about his future moments after winning the Calder Cup. All he wanted was to celebrate his team’s accomplishment before having t...
Jun 15, 2018
Only Canadian woman to have name engraved on Stanley Cup, Sonia Scurfield, dies
CALGARY - Sonia Scurfield, the only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup, has died at Foothills Hospital in Calgary at the age of 89. Her death was announced late Thursday by Su...
Jun 15, 2018
Neil shines like a Diamond at Songwriters Hall of Fame gala
NEW YORK - Neil Diamond may have retired from touring due to Parkinson’s disease, but the singer didn’t let that stop him from giving a cheery and memorable performance at the 2018 Songwri...
Jun 15, 2018
'Dancing with the Stars' Johnson, Val Chmerkovskiy engaged
LOS ANGELES - “Dancing with the Stars” cast members Jenna Johnson and Valentin Chmerkovskiy (shmehr-KAWF’-skee) are engaged. Johnson on Thursday tweeted photos of her 32-year-old fia...
Jun 15, 2018
NY Philharmonic may relax no-pants dress code for women
NEW YORK - The New York Philharmonic is considering allowing female musicians to wear pants while playing Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The New York Times reports that the 176-year-old orchestra has been qu...
Jun 15, 2018
Trump's move to redefine water rule threatens wetlands banks
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A private firm is making big money selling promises about some gator-infested Florida swampland. The Panther Island Mitigation Bank isn’t another land boondoggle, but part of...
Jun 15, 2018
A trade war looms as Trump slaps tariffs on Chinese imports
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump brought the world’s two biggest economies to the brink of a trade war Friday by announcing a 25 per cent tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese imports to tak...
Jun 15, 2018
Trump voices reservations about doing a Mueller interview
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared Friday he thinks the Russia probe is “very biased” and has reservations about being interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller, raising more...
Jun 15, 2018