Category Archives: Canadian Press
Golden-goal scorer Poulin named captain of Canada's Olympic women's hockey team
CALGARY - Marie-Philip Poulin was named captain of Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team Monday. The 26-year-old from Beauceville, Que., has worn the ‘C’ for Canada at world cha...
Jan 22, 2018
Puerto Rico moves to privatize troubled power company
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico’s governor announced Monday that he is moving to privatize the U.S. territory’s public power company after its slow, troubled recovery from Hurricane Ma...
Jan 22, 2018
Milwaukee Bucks fire coach Jason Kidd; name Prunty as interim head coach
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd following a midseason slide that left the playoff hopeful in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Assistant coach Joe Prunty was named the int...
Jan 22, 2018
Thompson hopes knee will be ready to defend Olympic ski cross title
CALGARY - Marielle Thompson has time and the Olympic schedule on her side as she attempts to come back from a major knee injury and defend her women’s ski cross gold medal. The 25-year-old from ...
Jan 22, 2018
Snow storm left dozens stranded at Vancouver Island ski resort
COURTENAY, B.C. - Chairlift operations resumed Monday on Vancouver Island’s Mount Washington after a weekend snowstorm left dozens stranded. Sheila Rivers of Mount Washington Alpine Resort said ...
Jan 22, 2018
A deeper look into new research on factors that drive 'northern populism'
OTTAWA - Across the world, citizens who have felt sideswiped by technological, cultural and economic progress have sought to regain some measure of control by seeking to upend the political status quo...
Jan 22, 2018
Fewer than half of Canadians hold optimistic, open view of the world: poll
OTTAWA - Canada’s reputation as a nation with an open and optimistic world view that flies in the face of rising pessimism and nationalism elsewhere is being challenged by new research. Fewer th...
Jan 22, 2018
Ex-train engineer Tom Harding apologizes for his role in Lac-Megantic derailment
MONTREAL - The former train engineer recently acquitted of criminal negligence in the Lac-Megantic railway disaster apologized Monday in a rare public statement since the 2013 tragedy that claimed the...
Jan 22, 2018
Boeing skips key government information session for fighter-jet companies
OTTAWA - Boeing says it has not decided whether to submit its Super Hornet fighter jet as a potential replacement for Canada’s aging CF-18s, and is instead waiting to see how the federal governm...
Jan 22, 2018
Wind, pilot decisions were factors in 2016 seaplane crash in B.C.: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. - Gusty crosswinds and poor decision-making by the pilot are blamed for causing the hard landing of a float plane on British Columbia’s north coast that seriously injured one pers...
Jan 22, 2018