Category Archives: Canadian Press
Koe advances to quarterfinals with 5-2 win over McEwen at Champions Cup
Calgary’s Kevin Koe is moving on to the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup after a 5-2 win over Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen on Friday. After back-and-forth action in the first four, Koe, who wa...
Apr 27, 2018
Provinces need more info about marijuana impairment testing technology: B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has unveiled its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, but the enforcement and testing for drug-impaired driving remain hazy. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said t...
Apr 27, 2018
Trudeau urged to press G7 leaders for $1.3 billion for girls' education
OTTAWA - A coalition of 30 non-governmental organizations has asked Justin Trudeau to persuade his fellow G7 leaders to commit $1.3 billion over three years to help send millions of the world’s ...
Apr 27, 2018
Cosby verdict met with conflicting emotions by some blacks
PHILADELPHIA - It is difficult to overstate the pride, admiration and sense of ownership many black Americans felt watching Bill Cosby at the height of his career in the 1980s and ’90s. As Dr. C...
Apr 27, 2018
Hotel official: No witness accounts of Copperfield show fall
LAS VEGAS - A hotel official told a jury Friday that he doesn’t know why an incident report about a British tourist’s fall while taking part in a David Copperfield illusion at a Las Vegas ...
Apr 27, 2018
Canadian markets run by TMX Group close hours early, expected to resume Monday
TORONTO - Canada’s largest stock exchange and other securities markets operated by TMX Group were shut down more than two hours early Friday due to undisclosed technical problems. “We have...
Apr 27, 2018
Quebec student, 9, barred from bus after alleged sexual bullying
MONTREAL - A nine-year-old Quebec boy has been barred from taking a school bus after an alleged sexual bullying incident this week involving two kindergarten students. The Montreal Gazette reported Fr...
Apr 27, 2018
Pennsylvania lawmaker resigns after sexual harassment charge
WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania Republican who used taxpayer money to settle a former aide’s sexual harassment charges has abruptly resigned from Congress. Congressman Patrick Meehan had already dec...
Apr 27, 2018
Public face no more: Temple rescinds Cosby's honorary degree
PHILADELPHIA - Temple University, where Bill Cosby long served as a leading public face and key fundraiser, said Friday it will rescind the honorary doctorate it awarded to the comedian in 1991 becaus...
Apr 27, 2018
Oilers coach McLellan to return next season, but assistants Herbers and Johnson fired
EDMONTON - Todd McLellan will return as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers next season, but Ian Herbers and Jim Johnson won’t be on his staff. The team announced Friday that McLellan will keep hi...
Apr 27, 2018