Category Archives: Canadian Press
Comcast hopes for a TV windfall from Super Bowl, Olympics
NEW YORK - Comcast’s NBC is airing both the Super Bowl and the Olympics in February, a double-whammy sports extravaganza that the company expects to yield $1.4 billion in ad sales, helping it ju...
Jan 24, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 24
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 24 --- LIBERALS TO DELIVER CANADA POST REFORMS The federal Liberals will spell out a long-term plan to reform Canada Post today, including a permanent freez...
Jan 24, 2018
Liberals to end community mail box conversions, but won't restore door-to-door
OTTAWA - A program launched by the Harper Conservatives to end door-to-door mail delivery in Canada was formally ended Wednesday by the Trudeau government as part of a new plan the Liberals say will e...
Jan 24, 2018
PM Trudeau applying pressure on U.S. in NAFTA talks, says Wilbur Ross
DAVOS, Switzerland - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his speech at the World Economic Forum to apply pressure on the United States in the NAFTA renegotiation, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross su...
Jan 24, 2018
Cara's Keg acquisition latest move in restaurant industry consolidation
Cara Operations Ltd.’s deal to buy The Keg restaurants is the latest consolidation move in an industry dominated by three operators that account for one-sixth of restaurant sales in Canada. Cara...
Jan 24, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL Pittsburgh 3 Carolina 1 Boston 3 New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 3 Detroit 2 (OT) Montreal 4 Colorado 2 St. Louis 3 Ottawa 0 Tampa Bay 4 Nashville 3 (OT) Dallas 6 Florida 1 Buffalo...
Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Pittsburgh 3 Carolina 1 Boston 3 New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 3 Detroit 2 (OT) Montreal 4 Colorado 2 St. Louis 3 Ottawa 0 Tampa Bay 4 Nashville 3 (OT) Dallas 6 Florida 1 Buffalo...
Jan 23, 2018
Little scores 2nd goal in OT, Jets beat Sharks 5-4
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bryan Little made sure Winnipeg went into the All-Star break with at least one overtime victory. In a season filled with success, the Jets finally got two points in their eighth ove...
Jan 23, 2018
Oprah visits Alabama grave of woman honoured in Globes speech
ABBEVILLE, Ala. - Oprah Winfrey has visited the grave of a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in 1944 drew national attention and whose story was highlighted in Winfrey’s recent Gol...
Jan 23, 2018
EU, Sweden call for China to release detained publisher
BEIJING - The European Union on Wednesday joined Sweden in calling on China to immediately release a Swedish book publisher who was taken off a train in front of his country’s diplomats by Chine...
Jan 23, 2018