Category Archives: Canadian Press
Montreal abolishes infamous traffic and parking ticket quotas, bonuses tied to them
Montreal’s widely loathed quota system for traffic tickets is over, says Mayor Valerie Plante, as are lucrative performance bonuses for bosses that were tied to lower-level cops reaching the tar...
Jan 21, 2018
Metro Vancouver cities, residents to oppose Trans Mountain route at hearings
VANCOUVER - Municipalities and residents in British Columbia are set to argue that the proposed route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would damage sensitive ecosystems, harm public parks and ...
Jan 21, 2018
Final phase of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy trials to kick off in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Ed Thompson remembers the helplessness he felt each of the thousands of times his twin daughters would turn blue and go lifeless in his arms. The young girls suffered from acute breath-hol...
Jan 21, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $15.8 Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15.8 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jack...
Jan 21, 2018
Despite shutdown, troops get football, Lady Liberty to open
WASHINGTON - A U.S. government shutdown amid a congressional dispute over spending and immigration has forced scores of federal agencies and outposts to close their doors and triggered furloughs for A...
Jan 21, 2018
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL Edmonton 5 Vancouver 2 Winnipeg 2 Calgary 1 (SO) Boston 4 Montreal 1 Toronto 4 Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 3 New Jersey 1 Dallas 7 Buffalo 1 Colorado 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Carolina 3 D...
Jan 20, 2018
Wiggins scores 29 as Wolves rally past Raptors 115-109
MINNEAPOLIS - There was no Jimmy Butler, practically no Karl-Anthony Towns in the first half, and the visiting Toronto Raptors were shooting 54 per cent. These are the types of games the Minnesota Tim...
Jan 20, 2018
Jesse Puljujarvi's three-point effort leads Oilers over Canucks
EDMONTON - Jesse Puljujarvi’s decision to spend his time off playing with Edmonton kids on an outdoor rink seems to have paid off. Puljujarvi had a career best three points with a goal and two a...
Jan 20, 2018
Afghan forces end Taliban siege at Kabul hotel; 18 dead
KABUL - Security forces said Sunday they had killed the last of six Taliban militants to end an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that left at least 18 people dead, including 14 ...
Jan 20, 2018
Carrick caps third-period comeback, Maple Leafs beat Senators 4-3
OTTAWA - Veteran Patrick Marleau didn’t have to score to spark Toronto’s comeback. Connor Carrick scored the winner as the Leafs erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to defeat the...
Jan 20, 2018