Category Archives: Canadian Press
Oil spill: Edmonton Oilers try to fix abysmal penalty kill in a season gone awry
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers focused Wednesday on fixing a profoundly dysfunctional penalty kill unit that has come to symbolize a season confoundingly mired deep in the ditch. “(The penalty k...
Jan 3, 2018
Bank of Canada estimates 60,000 fewer jobs due to minimum wage increases
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada estimates there will be about 60,000 fewer jobs by 2019 due to the increases in minimum wages across the country, but that labour income will be higher due to the increases...
Jan 3, 2018
Hardware vulnerability exposed in majority of computers made in the last decade
TORONTO - Technology experts warn a “really, really serious” security vulnerability could affect the majority of computers made in the last decade, but a fix being rushed to users has a do...
Jan 3, 2018
Raptors' Dwane Casey picks up coach of the month honours for December
Toronto’s Dwane Casey has been named the NBA’s Eastern Conference coach of the month for December. Casey guided the Raptors to conference-best 11-3 record last month, including a 6-0 mark ...
Jan 3, 2018
Booze warning labels worked in U.S., says researcher after Yukon cautions pulled
VANCOUVER - A United States researcher involved in a study on alcohol warning labels in Yukon that was halted after pushback from the liquor industry says caution messages have proven effective elsewh...
Jan 3, 2018
Italy's Jewish community complains of rehabilitation of king
ROME - Italy’s Jewish community is asking that the government remove from schools, libraries and other public buildings the name of King Victor Emanuel III, who approved Italy’s racial law...
Jan 3, 2018
'Sounds more like North Korea than Canada,' says artist behind stalled subway art
Two artists behind a controversial art installation commissioned for a newly opened subway station in Toronto say the city’s refusal to greenlight the project has ironically achieved what the ar...
Jan 3, 2018
Police officer killed in Abbotsford, B.C., remembered by British colleagues
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The name of a slain British Columbia policeman has been added to a memorial for fallen officers in the United Kingdom. Northumbria Police held a service in Wallsend last week to hon...
Jan 3, 2018
More than two million vehicles sold in Canada for first time in 2017
Canadians last year purchased more than two million vehicles for the first time thanks to record sales of light trucks. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. said new vehicles sold in 2017 hit a high...
Jan 3, 2018
Wisconsin girl's father says Slender Man movie in poor taste
MADISON, Wis. - Sony Pictures is trying to capitalize on a tragedy by releasing a movie starring horror character Slender Man, according to the father of one of two Wisconsin girls who attacked their ...
Jan 3, 2018