Category Archives: Canadian Press
Raptors Uprising GC restocks in NBA 2K draft ahead of Season 2 of esports league
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Raptors Uprising GC took Frederick (Im So Far Ahead) Mendoza with the 15th overall pick in the NBA 2K League draft Tuesday at the Barclays Center. The 26-year-old from Woodbridge, Va....
Mar 05, 2019
Alberta Energy Regulator suspends fracking well linked to Monday earthquake
SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. - The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered a company to suspend fracking operations at a well site linked to an earthquake that was felt in the communities of Red Deer and Sylvan La...
Mar 05, 2019
'Brilliant' man who was an inventor of the calculator dies
DALLAS - Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the handheld electronic calculator who is described by those who knew him as not only brilliant but also kind with a good sense of humour, has died. He...
Mar 05, 2019
Holiday season defines winners and losers in retail
NEW YORK - The 2018 holiday season turned out to be a mixed bag for retailers, with some of them defying a gloomy government report in December that raised concerns that shoppers were hunkering down e...
Mar 05, 2019
Arizona prosecutor says Uber not criminally liable in crash
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - An Arizona prosecutor has determined Uber is not criminally liable in a deadly crash last year involving a self-driving vehicle in a Phoenix suburb. The prosecutor said an investigat...
Mar 05, 2019

Bob Nicholson: Interviews for Oilers GM candidates set to begin soon
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Bob Nicholson is taking it all in. The sun, the sand, and as much information as he can gather when it comes to his search for the next general manager of the Edmonton Oilers. The C...
Mar 05, 2019
3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal
NEW YORK - A former Adidas executive and two others who paid families to persuade top college basketball recruits to play for schools sponsored by the shoe brand were sentenced to prison Tuesday by a ...
Mar 05, 2019

Deadline nearing to file appeal of Bissonnette's sentence for mosque murders
QUEBEC - Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers have less than a week left to decide whether to appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six men in a Quebec City mosque. Alexandre Bisso...
Mar 05, 2019
Real Madrid's European reign ends with shock loss to Ajax
MADRID - Kings of Europe no more. Real Madrid’s Champions League reign is over. More than 1,000 days since winning the first of three consecutive European titles, Real Madrid unprecedented era o...
Mar 05, 2019

Obama urges action on climate change, inequality in Western Canada speeches
CALGARY - Former United States president Barack Obama called on global leaders to pay attention to the ways the world is rapidly transforming, urging action on climate change and wealth inequality in ...
Mar 05, 2019