Category Archives: Canadian Press
From Olympics to Rogers Cup: five Canadian sports stories to watch in 2018
From the Olympics to the Commonwealth Games to a newly minted hometown star competing at the Rogers Cup, 2018 will be a jam-packed year for Canadian sports fans. Here are some of the top stories to wa...
Dec 26, 2017
Big pharma snub, placebo snag to blame for lack of medical pot research: experts
VANCOUVER - A disinterested pharmaceutical industry and the conundrum of finding a convincing placebo are just two reasons experts say there has been little quality research into medicinal marijuana. ...
Dec 26, 2017
Night owls push for later last calls at bars year-round
TORONTO - Partying into the wee hours of the morning at a favourite watering hole is a tradition generally reserved for New Year’s Eve and other very special occasions. Some night owls like Spen...
Dec 26, 2017
Power returns to Nova Scotia after windstorm left thousands in the dark
Tens of thousands of Nova Scotians are back on the electrical grid as crews worked Tuesday to repair power lines damaged by a major Christmas Day storm in Atlantic Canada. About 13,000 homes and busin...
Dec 26, 2017
In break with tradition, Trump doesn't host a state dinner
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump couldn’t stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. &#...
Dec 26, 2017
'It's a tragic situation': Police searching for mother after body of baby found
CALGARY - A deceased baby girl may have been alive when she was abandoned in a northwest Calgary parking lot on Christmas Eve, police said. “Early findings show the baby may have been alive when...
Dec 26, 2017
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NFL Pittsburgh 34 Houston 6 Philadelphia 19 Oakland 10 — NBA Philadelphia 105 New York 98 Golden State 99 Cleveland 92 Washington 111 Boston 103 Oklahoma City 112 Houston 10...
Dec 25, 2017
Deaths of 2 children east of Victoria deemed homicide: police
OAK BAY, B.C. - RCMP say two children were the victims of a double homicide at a Vancouver Island home on Christmas Day. Mounties say the bodies of a four-year-old and six-year-old were discovered in ...
Dec 25, 2017
Got tips? Hurry! They're still worth $10M to robbed museum
BOSTON - A hot tip could still earn you a cool $10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces. But you’d better hurry. Midnight Dec. 31 is the deadline to ...
Dec 25, 2017
Vietnam escapes worst of typhoon that battered Philippines
HANOI, Vietnam - A powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines was downgraded to a tropical depression Tuesday and failed to make landfall in Vietnam. Hundreds of thou...
Dec 25, 2017