Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Seinfeld' actor shows up at Devils game with face painted
NEWARK, N.J. - Life imitated art at the Stanley Cup playoffs as the actor who played Puddy on the TV sitcom “Seinfeld” showed up at the game with his face painted as a New Jersey Devils fa...
Apr 19, 2018
C-section rate rises, despite lower overall birth rate: report
TORONTO - A higher proportion of Canadian women are giving birth by caesarean section, even while the overall rate of in-hospital births across the country is declining, says a report released Thursda...
Apr 19, 2018
Average US 30-year mortgage rate rose to 4.47 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed upward this week, slightly worsening affordability for homebuyers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on 30-year, fixed-r...
Apr 19, 2018
Canadian airline profits will fall in 2018 on higher costs: Conference Board
MONTREAL - Canada’s airline profitability, which reached a 20-year high last year, is expected to soften due to higher fuel and labour costs, according to a Conference Board of Canada report. Ai...
Apr 19, 2018
Did a Canadian shoot down the Red Baron? A century later, the debate hasn't quit
Capt. Roy Brown had ordered the young airman not to engage the enemy, but Lt. Wilfrid “Wop” May - a school chum from Edmonton - couldn’t help himself. It was April 21, 1918 - a centu...
Apr 19, 2018
High cost of dental services prompting some patients to seek alternative options
MONTREAL - An unaffordable price tag kept Melanie Laxson out of the dentist's chair until the pain became unbearable. With no access to insurance, the 38-year-old says there’s no way she could a...
Apr 19, 2018
Sohi defends Liberal infrastructure plan, says 20,000 projects underway
OTTAWA - The Liberals’ multibillion-dollar plan to spur the economy through work on the country’s roads, bridges, transit and water systems is rolling out as planned, Infrastructure Minist...
Apr 19, 2018
Still investigating: RCMP say too early to know what happened in Broncos crash
REGINA - It could be weeks or even months before police know why a truck was in a rural Saskatchewan intersection when it crashed with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. “There are...
Apr 19, 2018
Trade issues expose the limits of Trump-Abe 'bromance'
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted the new American president with a golden driver not long after Donald Trump won the White House. He’s met with the billionaire busin...
Apr 19, 2018
Howard commencement to feature "Black Panther" Boseman
WASHINGTON - The “Black Panther” is returning to his alma mater to give the commencement address at Howard University. The university announced Wednesday that Chadwick Boseman will give th...
Apr 19, 2018