Category Archives: Canadian Press
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio begins 2nd term at City Hall
NEW YORK - Bill de Blasio began his second term as mayor on Monday at a swearing-in ceremony outdoors in freezing temperatures, taking the oath of office administered by Brooklyn native and Vermont U....
Jan 1, 2018
Chicago sees drop in homicides, shootings in 2017
Chicago ended 2017 with fewer homicides than the year before, but gang violence in the city’s most dangerous neighbourhoods kept the total number of killings above the 600 mark for only the seco...
Jan 1, 2018
Three people released from hospital after N.B. carbon monoxide leak
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A woman says her public housing unit in New Brunswick no longer feels like home after her daughter, sister and their caretaker were released from hospital having suffered carbon mon...
Jan 1, 2018
Power down: Phil Taylor loses world final in last darts game
LONDON - It’s lights out for The Power. There was no fairytale ending to the incredible darts career of Phil Taylor, with the game’s most successful player losing the world championship fi...
Jan 1, 2018
Canada not buying into Swiss coach's comments ahead of world junior quarterfinal
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Canadian captain Dillon Dube couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Swiss head coach Christian Wohlwend was virtually raising the white flag of surrender, saying Switzerland expec...
Jan 1, 2018
Alberta carbon tax jumps, but NDP says it's connected to improving economy
EDMONTON - Alberta’s carbon tax jumped on New Year’s Day, but the province’s NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta’s improving economic outlook. Deput...
Jan 1, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL N.Y. Rangers 3 Buffalo 2 (OT) — AHL Chicago 2 Iowa 1 — NBA Toronto 131 Milwaukee 127 (OT) Brooklyn 98 Orlando 95 Minnesota 114 L.A. Lakers 96 Portland 124 Chicago ...
Jan 1, 2018
Miller's OT goal lifts Rangers past Sabres in Winter Classic
NEW YORK - J.T. Miller scored a power-play goal 2:43 into overtime to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday in the NHL’s 10th Winter Classic at Citi Field....
Jan 1, 2018
Pence's office says VP visit to Israel remains in plans
JERUSALEM - Mike Pence’s office on Monday said the U.S. vice-president still plans on visiting Israel this month, despite an apparent delay in the schedule. Pence had been scheduled to come duri...
Jan 1, 2018
Perils abroad, full plate at home, as Trump opens 2nd year
WASHINGTON - The glamour of his holiday break behind him, President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday night to face a hefty legislative to-do list, critical midterm elections and peri...
Jan 1, 2018