Category Archives: Canadian Press
Calgary photographer produces viral ice bubble video during cold snap
CALGARY - It’s cold enough on the prairies to make ice bubbles. Calgary photographer Chris Ratzlaff spent part of Boxing Day outside, freezing and photographing bubbles. He created the bubbles u...
Dec 28, 2017
Jets top-line centre Mark Scheifele out 6-8 weeks with upper-body injury
WINNIPEG - The news that Mark Scheifele will miss six to eight weeks was a hard blow to the top-line centre and his Winnipeg Jets teammates. Head coach Paul Maurice announced after Thursday’s pr...
Dec 28, 2017
B.C. city drops lawsuit against its mayor, councillor cites high legal costs
NANAIMO, B.C. - A Vancouver Island city has dropped a lawsuit against its mayor, who councillors have accused of leaking confidential information to an employee. The City of Nanaimo said in a statemen...
Dec 28, 2017
Family hires private investigators to probe Barry and Honey Sherman's deaths
TORONTO - The family of a billionaire philanthropist couple found dead earlier this month has hired a team of former homicide detectives to investigate the deaths deemed “suspicious’ by po...
Dec 28, 2017
Chill in Yukon, need for volunteers in B.C., complicate annual bird counts
VANCOUVER - Bird enthusiasts in Yukon are battling the cold to conduct an annual Christmas bird count, while organizers of a yearly eagle tally in British Columbia are searching for new people to help...
Dec 28, 2017
Thermostats cranked, furnaces rumble as temperatures plummet across Saskatchewan
REGINA - A new daily natural gas consumption record has been set in Saskatchewan as homeowners and industry turn up the heat to cope with this week’s bone-chilling temperatures. SaskEnergy says ...
Dec 28, 2017
30-year veteran of St. Louis department named police chief
ST. LOUIS - The new police chief in St. Louis is a 30-year veteran of the department described by community activists as a “fair and decent” man who will reach out to residents, including ...
Dec 28, 2017
No damage reported after 4.1 magnitude earthquake north of Ottawa
MONTREAL - Natural Resources Canada recorded a 4.1 magnitude earthquake Thursday under the La Verendrye wildlife reserve about 200 kilometres north of Ottawa. It says there were no reports of damage a...
Dec 28, 2017
Judge denies Twin Cities archdiocese bankruptcy plans
ST. PAUL, Minn. - An attorney for victims of clergy sex abuse said Thursday that a judge has ordered all sides back to mediation in the yearslong bankruptcy case of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Min...
Dec 28, 2017
Ontario's carbon pricing future uncertain between cap and trade and carbon tax
TORONTO - Ontario’s first year of carbon pricing brought in nearly $2 billion, but uncertainty looms over the program’s future as the province faces an election in 2018 that could see its ...
Dec 28, 2017