Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hockey Canada announces selection camp roster for world junior championship
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s only representatives at Canada’s world junior selection camp got there through their hard work outside of Hockey Canada’s development program....
Dec 6, 2017
Insurance claims for Northern California wildfires reach $9B
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More than $9 billion in insurance claims have been filed following wildfires that ravaged Northern California two months ago, the state’s top insurance regulator said Wednes...
Dec 6, 2017
Canucks forward Dorsett 'at peace' with decision to end career due to spine injury
VANCOUVER - Derek Dorsett never backed down from a challenge. But when confronted with the possibility of not being able to hug his two sons, Dorsett knew he made the right decision to step away from ...
Dec 6, 2017
Cancelling book signing infringes on free speech: Nova Scotia MLA
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia MLA is raising freedom-of-speech concerns after a Toronto-based retail chain cancelled a local book signing amid controversy over the book’s portrayal of an area pulp mil...
Dec 6, 2017
Five players who Canada may lose from its Olympics roster if the KHL boycotts
Russia’s ban from the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics could force Hockey Canada to drastically alter its course in assembling a men’s national team. After the NHL pulled out of particip...
Dec 6, 2017
Alberta Energy Regulator to ask tougher questions of oil well applicants
EDMONTON - Alberta’s energy regulator wants to keep bad operators out of the oilpatch to reduce the ballooning number of bankrupt companies who have walked away from unprofitable wells. “W...
Dec 6, 2017
Muslim, liberties groups call on senators to revise preclearance bill
OTTAWA - Civil libertarians and Muslim groups say minorities will face more border hassles under planned new procedures for preclearing travellers to enter the United States. Under preclearance, trave...
Dec 6, 2017
Combative Franken quits, points to GOP tolerance of Trump
WASHINGTON - Sen. Al Franken, a rising political star only weeks ago, reluctantly announced Thursday he’s resigning from Congress, succumbing to a torrent of sexual harassment allegations and ev...
Dec 6, 2017
Ellie Goulding, DJ Kygo to perform during Super Bowl week
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. - Ellie Goulding and DJ Kygo have been announced as the latest acts to perform in Minnesota during a star-studded Super Bowl week. The Grammy-nominated Goulding and Norwegian electro...
Dec 6, 2017
'Kind of a bizarre one:' New dinosaur part penguin, part duck, part swan
EDMONTON - It had feathers and looked as if it were part penguin, part duck and part swan. It was between the size of a chicken and a turkey and ate the same sorts of things in the same sorts of place...
Dec 6, 2017