Category Archives: Canadian Press

Quarterback Josh Freeman signs two-year deal with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - Quarterback Josh Freeman signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday. The six-foot-six, 240-pound Freeman started 61 games in the NFL, including 59 with the Tampa Bay Buc...
Jan 13, 2018
North Carolina promotes '3 Billboards' locations to tourists
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina is promoting the locations where the award-winning “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was filmed as tourist destinations. The News & Observer of...
Jan 13, 2018
Five more dogs test positive for strain of canine influenza in Ontario
WINDSOR, Ont. - Health officials say five more dogs have tested positive for a strain of canine influenza in southwestern Ontario, bringing the total number of infected up to seven in what they’...
Jan 13, 2018

Downpour drenches Atlantic Canada, leading to flooding, power outages
HALIFAX - Much of Atlantic Canada is being pummelled with heavy winds and a downpour on Saturday, swamping some areas with extensive flooding and causing two Newfoundland towns to declare a state of e...
Jan 13, 2018
Canada's India Sherret wins bronze in women's ski cross World Cup
IDRE FJALL, Sweden - India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C., won bronze on Saturday in women’s ski cross at a World Cup event. Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund took gold and France’s Marielle Berg...
Jan 13, 2018

'Great annual snapshot:' Bird numbers down in Waterton bird count after wildfire
WATERTON, Alta. - A Parks Canada official says a powerful wildfire that shut down Waterton Lakes National Park late last summer will inevitably change the species of birds in the area. The blaze began...
Jan 13, 2018

Some Canadian media organizations ready to cope with Facebook's changes to feeds
Some members of Canada’s media industry say they expect to be able to weather the potential setback created by the latest change to Facebook’s content sharing priorities. The social networ...
Jan 13, 2018
Police probe man's claim that wife died on Graceland trip
HARTVILLE, Ohio - Police in Ohio are investigating what happened to a woman who went with her husband to see Elvis Presley’s Graceland. The woman’s husband told police in Hartville that th...
Jan 13, 2018

Paper ballots protect against hacks, but other election cyberthreats loom
OTTAWA - As the potential for cyberattacks to undermine the democratic process becomes alarmingly clear, Canadians can take some comfort in the fact that national elections in this country are still c...
Jan 13, 2018

Potentially huge losses from future earthquakes in Eastern Canada: study
MONTREAL - While people in British Columbia are mindful of the fact they could eventually face some of the strongest earthquakes in the world, at least one study warns there’s a lack of awarenes...
Jan 13, 2018