Category Archives: Canadian Press
A look at the Jets and Golden Knights ahead of the Western Conference final
A Western Conference final featuring the Winnipeg Jets and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights isn’t quite what the experts predicted at the start of training camp, but both teams are full value ...
May 11, 2018
The desert versus the Great White North: A look at Las Vegas and Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are facing the Vegas Golden Knights in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference final. When it comes to NHL cities, you can’t get much different than Wi...
May 11, 2018
Hot weather could cause more flood woes in parts of B.C. as damage assessed
VANCOUVER - An emergency operations official in southern British Columbia says a forecast of warm weather has residents bracing for the possibility of more flooding from melting snow while at least on...
May 11, 2018
Playoff hockey fever in Winnipeg bigger than glory days 40 years ago: alumni
Winnipeg was already in the grip of playoff fever. Now, with the National Hockey League Jets advancing to the Western Conference final - further than they have even been in the NHL - the frenzy has ju...
May 11, 2018
Shapovalov downs Edmund in three sets, advances to semis at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov is through to the semifinals of the Madrid Open after winning the latest round of his budding rivalry with Kyle Edmund. The 19-year-old Shapovalov recovered...
May 11, 2018
Trial begins for Alabama doctor tied to guitarist's overdose
MOBILE, Ala. - Prosecutors and defence lawyers disagreed in opening arguments Friday about who is the victim in the federal criminal trial of an Alabama doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed...
May 11, 2018
R. Kelly stages racy performance amid protest, allegations
GREENSBORO, N.C. - With demonstrators standing outside his concert protesting his presence, R. Kelly summoned his passionate fans to carry him through what has been a difficult week. Interspersing ref...
May 11, 2018
Cop who arrested Toronto van attack suspect receives gift from Reds star Votto
TORONTO - Count baseball superstar Joey Votto among those impressed by the bravery of Toronto police officer Ken Lam. Votto, a first baseman with the Cincinnati Reds and a Toronto native, sent Lam a p...
May 11, 2018
Canadian pot growers say marijuana byproduct a wasted opportunity for industry
VANCOUVER - Licensed marijuana producers in Canada are throwing out thousands of kilograms of plant waste each year in what some of them say is a missed opportunity to find other uses for the byproduc...
May 11, 2018
US, Emirates strike deal resolving airline spat
WASHINGTON - The United States and the United Arab Emirates signed a deal Friday to resolve a years-old spat over alleged Emirati government subsidies to its airlines and accusations of unfair competi...
May 11, 2018