Category Archives: Canadian Press
Olynyk, Powell among coaching staff for India Basketball Without Borders camp
NEW YORK - Canadians Kelly Olynyk and Dwight Powell highlight the coaching staff for the NBA’s second Basketball Without Borders camp in India. Olynyk, a centre for the Miami Heat, and Powell, o...
May 24, 2018
How'd they do that? A look at how the Vegas Golden Knights were built
Jonathan Marchessault, and how he found his way to Vegas, might be the epitome of how the Golden Knights forged their improbable run to the Stanley Cup final. After the centre was surprisingly left ex...
May 24, 2018
Dismay, disbelief after late-May Newfoundland snowstorm: 'Why? Why? Why?'
GANDER, N.L. - A late-spring storm that buried cars in snow and closed a slew of schools in Newfoundland was prompting dismay - and disbelief - from residents along the island’s northeast coast ...
May 24, 2018
California's West Hollywood declares 'Stormy Daniels Day'
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Stormy Daniels: Freedom fighter or city icon? The porn actress who is suing President Donald Trump was praised Wednesday as a heroine in West Hollywood, California. About 100 ...
May 24, 2018
Spanish ruling party fined in major corruption case
MADRID - The conviction of more than two dozen Spanish businesspeople and officials in a major corruption scandal triggered political turmoil Thursday after the court ruled that the country’s go...
May 24, 2018
N. Korea demolishes nuclear test site as journalists watch
PUNGGYE-RI, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made good on his promise to demolish his country’s nuclear test site, which was formally closed in a se...
May 24, 2018
Probe: Missile that downed MH17 came from Russia-based unit
BUNNIK, Netherlands - The missile used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 aboard, belonged to a Russia-based military unit, an international ...
May 24, 2018
Health in Grassy Narrows 'significantly worse' than other First Nations: report
TORONTO - The physical and mental health of people living in Grassy Narrows is “significantly worse” than other First Nations since mercury was dumped into a river system near the northern...
May 24, 2018
In the news today, May 24
Six stories in the news for Thursday, May 24 --- FEDS BLOCK $1.5-BILLION AECON TAKEOVER The federal government has blocked the proposed $1.5-billion takeover of the Aecon Group construction firm by a ...
May 24, 2018
NDP, Tories tied at 37 per cent support, new poll suggests; Liberals trail at 21
TORONTO - The New Democrats have the same 37 per cent voter support as the Progressive Conservatives even though most people believe the Tories will win the Ontario election come June 7, a new poll su...
May 24, 2018