Category Archives: Canadian Press
Create new watchdog to review border agency, RCMP, federal report recommends
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government should create a new watchdog to handle public complaints about the Canada Border Services Agency, says a federally commissioned report. The report, prepared for Public ...
Jan 1, 2018
Thomas to make debut with Cavs on Tuesday against Portland
CLEVELAND - The agonizing wait to play again is over for Isaiah Thomas. Vengeance on the Celtics is still on hold. Thomas, sidelined with a hip injury since last season’s Eastern Conference fina...
Jan 1, 2018
First Canadian New Year's babies delivered in Toronto at stroke of midnight
The first Canadian babies to be born in 2018 didn’t wait long before making an appearance, as two Toronto hospitals reported delivering newborns right at the stroke of midnight. Both St. Michael...
Jan 1, 2018
Prominent UK CEO, Canadian pilot victims of Australia seaplane crash
VANCOUVER - A Canadian pilot was killed in Australia on New Year’s Eve in a seaplane crash that also claimed the lives of a prominent British businessman and his family. Tour company Sydney Seap...
Jan 1, 2018
Israel's Likud party members call for annexing settlements
JERUSALEM - The ruling Likud Party’s central committee has unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for the annexation of West Bank settlements, sending a tough message to the Palestinians in t...
Jan 1, 2018
California pot shops ring in 2018, ring up first legal sales
OAKLAND, Calif. - Customers lined up early to purchase recreational marijuana legally for the first time in California as the new year brought broad legalization some two decades after the state was t...
Jan 1, 2018
Pakistan pre-empts UN-banned group activities in capital
ISLAMABAD - Authorities in the Pakistani capital has imposed a temporary law pre-empting the activities of groups banned on a U.N. watch list for terrorist activity. Mushtaq Ahmed, a top Islamabad adm...
Jan 1, 2018
Companies tout renewable energy projects for Massachusetts
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Some entrepreneurs hoping to provide renewable energy to Massachusetts electricity customers are touting their projects in the run-up to the decision, expected in late January, about...
Jan 1, 2018
BC Hydro still working to restore electricity to 1,100 following ice storms
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - About 1,100 customers were still without power late Monday as crews worked to restore electricity after ice storms swept through British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. For some B.C...
Jan 1, 2018
Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck named NHL first star of the week
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck was named NHL first star of the week Monday after posting three victories and a shutout last week. Hellebuyck had a 1.67 goals-against average and...
Jan 1, 2018