Category Archives: Canadian Press
The Canadians who are choosing to live out of their vans and travel full-time
Jocelyn Lees never set out to live in her van. The 30-year-old Manitoba native has been tree planting every summer in B.C. for the last ten years and until recently, spent every winter travelling - in...
Dec 20, 2017
Advocates, families speak out in defence of B.C.'s Mental Health Act
VANCOUVER - Frederick Dawe remembers the night about 30 years ago that his six-foot-eight son experienced a psychotic break in the emergency room of a Vancouver-area hospital. “He just lost it. ...
Dec 20, 2017
Renewable energy growing in Canada but solar installations lagging behind
OTTAWA - Although the cost to build solar power has plummeted over the last decade, a new report suggests Canadians aren’t rushing use the sun to make electricity. The National Energy Board toda...
Dec 20, 2017
California fire crews, homeowners brace for return of winds
LOS ANGELES - After a welcome lull in powerful winds that drove Southern California’s massive wildfire, crews and homeowners braced Wednesday for the return of potentially dangerous gusts that c...
Dec 20, 2017
Veggie might: Titans' D gets boost after going vegan
NASHVILLE - Wesley Woodyard misses putting milk in his cereal, and try as he might, the Tennessee Titans linebacker still reaches for a strip of bacon here and there. Giving up meat hasn’t been ...
Dec 20, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL Toronto 8 Carolina 1 Minnesota 6 Ottawa 4 Detroit 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 4 Anaheim 1 Boston 3 Buffalo 0 Winnipeg 6 Nashville 4 Washington 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Florida 3 A...
Dec 19, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Toronto 8 Carolina 1 Minnesota 6 Ottawa 4 Detroit 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 N.Y. Rangers 4 Anaheim 1 Boston 3 Buffalo 0 Winnipeg 6 Nashville 4 Washington 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Florida 3 A...
Dec 19, 2017
Deslauriers records first two-goal game as Canadiens down Canucks 7-5
VANCOUVER - Returning indoors helped the Montreal Canadiens get back on track. Nicolas Deslauriers had the first two-goal game of his career as Montreal defeated the Vancouver Canucks 7-5 on Tuesday. ...
Dec 19, 2017
White Christmas uncertain in parts of Canada but cold snap a safe bet
TORONTO - One of Canada’s most high-profile weather forecasters says dreaming of a white Christmas will be easier than planning for one this year. The Weather Network says most regions that curr...
Dec 19, 2017
Cardinal Law, disgraced figure in church scandal, dead at 86
VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failure to stop child molesters in the priesthood triggered the worst crisis in American Catholicism, died Wednesda...
Dec 19, 2017