Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canucks' Alexander Burmistrov retiring from NHL, heading back to KHL
Vancouver Canucks forward Alexander Burmistrov is retiring from the NHL and will continue his career in the Kontinental Hockey League, his agent says. Burmistrov’s agent, Dan Milstein, confirmed...
Dec 25, 2017
Small Saskatchewan town welcomes stranded train passengers on Christmas morning
SPY HILL, Sask. - A small Saskatchewan town opened its doors on Christmas morning to a Via Rail train with almost 100 passengers that suffered mechanical problems due to extremely cold weather. Compan...
Dec 25, 2017
'Sound of Music' actress Heather Menzies-Urich dies on Christmas Eve at age 68
LOS ANGELES - Canadian actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 68. Her son, actor Ryan...
Dec 25, 2017
What a federal ethics report reveals about how Justin Trudeau sees his job
OTTAWA - The prime minister doesn’t have business meetings. He has relationship sessions. That’s the view Justin Trudeau outlined to the ethics commissioner during her probe of TrudeauR...
Dec 25, 2017
Big labour sees growth potential in California pot workers
GOSHEN, Calif. - Unions have caught a whiff of a rare opportunity to organize a whole new set of workers as recreational marijuana becomes legal in California. The United Farm Workers, Teamsters and U...
Dec 25, 2017
Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico
MOROVIS, Puerto Rico - Three days before Christmas, Doris Martinez and daughter Miriam Narvaez joined their neighbours in a line outside city hall in Morovis, a town of 30,000 people still living with...
Dec 25, 2017
Critics of Turkish coup decree fear impunity
ISTANBUL - A new emergency decree in Turkey that grants immunity to civilians deemed to have helped thwart an attempted coup has sparked an outcry Monday. Critics fear that it could lead to violence t...
Dec 25, 2017
Canada revokes Venezuelan diplomats' credentials in retaliative move
OTTAWA - Canada is moving to expel a Venezuelan diplomat from the country and strip his credentials in retaliation after his Canadian counterpart was kicked out of the South American nation. The lates...
Dec 25, 2017
Spengler Cup offers Canada last chance to look at potential Olympic hopefuls
With a good part of its Olympic roster already set, hockey players looking for a spot Team Canada will get one final chance to prove themselves at the Spengler Cup. Canada, a two-time defending champi...
Dec 25, 2017
Carter Hart's confidence infectious for Canada ahead of world junior championship
Always smiling, friendly and articulate, Carter Hart was suddenly flustered when a reporter started to rhyme off his statistics with the Western Hockey League’s Everett Silvertips. “Whoa, ...
Dec 25, 2017