Category Archives: Canadian Press
Encore: LeBron scores 27, Cavs down Raptors again
CLEVELAND - Once his layup dropped, LeBron James sent another message. As Cleveland’s crowd cheered following his artistic shot, James walked within a few feet of Toronto’s bench, pounded ...
Apr 3, 2018
Calgary city council committee recommends no recreational public pot use
CALGARY - A Calgary city council committee is recommending a recreational cannabis policy that would largely ban anyone from lighting up anywhere but in their own homes. The committee says cannabis us...
Apr 3, 2018
US proposes tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Tuesday escalated its aggressive actions on trade by proposing 25 per cent tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports to protest Beijing’s policies that r...
Apr 3, 2018
Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says
WASHINGTON - Some whales are taking jazz riffs to new depths. For the first time, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales, the little-heard whales that roam the Arctic u...
Apr 3, 2018
Lawyer for Marlins pitcher: Boat crash investigation flawed
MIAMI - An attorney for the late Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez says he was unfairly blamed by investigators for the 2016 crash that killed him and two others. The Sun Sentinel reports that atto...
Apr 3, 2018
Family seeks justice for youngest bridge collapse victim
MIAMI - The parents of the youngest victim killed by a collapsed bridge in Miami said Tuesday they want justice for their daughter, describing her as a selfless teenager with ambitions of becoming a l...
Apr 3, 2018
NewsAlert: YouTube shooting investigated as domestic dispute, sources say
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Two law enforcement sources tell The Associated Press that the YouTube shooting is being investigated as a domestic dispute. Police and witnesses say a woman opened fire at the com...
Apr 3, 2018
A visionary on and off the ice, Kevin Martin enters World Curling Hall of Fame
LAS VEGAS - Not content to be one of the best curlers in the world, Kevin Martin went rogue to make the sport more lucrative for athletes and more marketable. The 51-year-old from Edmonton was inducte...
Apr 3, 2018
Daffy idea? Wisconsin voter wants to bring ducks to election
MADISON, Wis. - A voter in a tiny northeast Wisconsin town wants to bring ducks to the polling station along with a sign that reads: “If you don’t vote, you can’t squawk.” Winn...
Apr 3, 2018
Trump to decide 'very quickly' on US pullout from Syria
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he expects to decide “very quickly” whether to remove U.S. troops from war-torn Syria, saying their primary mission was to defeat the ...
Apr 3, 2018