Category Archives: Canadian Press
City beats Leicester in shootout to reach League Cup semis
LONDON - Manchester City kept alive its hopes of a quadruple as it beat Leicester 4-3 on penalties to reach the semifinals of the English League Cup on Tuesday. Arsenal is also through after beating W...
Dec 19, 2017
J.K. Simmons to reign as Bacchus for 2018 Mardi Gras
NEW ORLEANS - Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons will reign as Bacchus L for the 2018 Mardi Gras season. Simmons will reign as the god of wine over the carnival krewe’s 50th anniversary parade, w...
Dec 19, 2017
Trudeau says cannabis will become legal 'next summer,' not July 1
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says ”next summer,” and not July 1, is the date cannabis will become legal across the country. Excerpts of an interview Trudeau gave the TVA networ...
Dec 19, 2017

Democrat recount win could alter power in Virginia's House
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A single vote may spell the end of Republican control in Virginia’s House of Delegates. A Democratic challenger seems to have won a recount Tuesday by one vote, putting the p...
Dec 19, 2017

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 19 --- TILLERSON TALKS NORTH KOREA ON CANADIAN VISIT: The North Korean nuclear crisis is expected to dominate discussions when U.S. Secretary of State R...
Dec 19, 2017

Mitch Marner leads the offence with four points, Maple Leafs down Hurricanes 8-1
TORONTO - Mitch Marner’s linemates know that at any moment he can create a scoring chance. Tuesday he seemed to do it every time he touched the puck. Marner set a new career high for points in a...
Dec 19, 2017
Voice of a grocery store angel: Shoppers get operatic treat
WATERTOWN, Mass. - A Massachusetts grocery store employee has surprised shoppers with his operatic renditions of popular Christmas music. Tony Russo, owner of Russo’s Market in Watertown, tells ...
Dec 19, 2017

Fossils reveal proof of early hibernating bears in Canada's Arctic
VANCOUVER - The discovery of rare fossilized remains in Canada’s Arctic has allowed experts to piece together an evolutionary tree for the descendant of North American bears. A report published ...
Dec 19, 2017

Justin Trudeau to visit India in February, says Indian news report
OTTAWA - An Indian news outlet is reporting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit India in February and may pay a visit to the Punjab region’s famed Golden Temple. The Indian Express rep...
Dec 19, 2017

Loblaw parent company alerted competition watchdog to bread price-fixing
George Weston Ltd. revealed Tuesday the bakery owner and grocer Loblaw Companies Ltd. alerted the Competition Bureau after discovering a more than decade-long bread price-fixing arrangement and will r...
Dec 19, 2017