Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tesla to close stores to reduce costs for $35,000 Model 3
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla will only sell its electric cars online as it accelerates its cost cutting so it can realize its long-running goal of selling a mass-market sedan for $35,000. The change announce...
Feb 28, 2019
Amazon, wrestling with counterfeits, seeks to crack down
NEW YORK - The Carhartt hoodie that Laura Serghe bought two years ago looked phoney. And then, what was supposed to be an Eastpak backpack, arrived recently with messy stitching and a label inside tha...
Feb 28, 2019
SpaceX debuts new crew capsule in crucial test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX closes in on human spaceflight with this weekend’s debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts. The six-day test flight will be real in every regard, beginning w...
Feb 28, 2019
Leafs defenceman Travis Dermott to miss at least four weeks with shoulder injury
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Travis Dermott will miss at least four weeks with a shoulder injury, the team announced Thursday. The 22-year-old was hurt midway through the third per...
Feb 28, 2019
Man facing deportation to Italy more than two decades after conviction gets reprieve
MONTREAL - A Quebec man scheduled to be deported to Italy Thursday after being convicted more than 20 years ago for his role in a Mafia-linked drug importation has won a reprieve, his lawyer says. Ste...
Feb 28, 2019
CFL, CFLPA to formally begin contract negotiations March 11-12 in Toronto
The CFL and CFL Players’ Association will formally begin talks on a new collective bargaining agreement March 11-12 in Toronto. Brian Ramsay, the executive director of the CFL Players’ Ass...
Feb 28, 2019
Kevin Spacey lawyers seek accuser's cellphone, other records
NANTUCKET, Mass. - Attorneys for Kevin Spacey are seeking surveillance footage, text messages and other records they say they need to defend the disgraced actor against accusations that he groped a yo...
Feb 28, 2019
Johnston: Former CFL quarterback Manziel hasn't spoken to AAF Commanders yet
San Antonio Commanders general manager Daryl Johnston says he’s spoken to American Alliance of Football chairman Tom Dundon about Johnny Manziel, but not directly to the former CFL quarterback. ...
Feb 28, 2019
Canadian teen Auger-Aliassime downs Ramos-Vinolas, advances to Sao Paulo quarters
SAO PAOLO, Brazil - Montreal teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his impressive run on clay courts Thursday with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) win over Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Brasil Open....
Feb 28, 2019
Calling a snow day: How Halifax schools make the early morning call
HALIFAX - In this historic port city, the decision to call a snow day often starts in the middle of the night. Halifax Regional Centre for Education staffers talk with a meteorologist, review weather ...
Feb 28, 2019