Category Archives: Canadian Press
Government confirms Canadian killed in Trinidad and Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad And Tobago - A Canadian has been killed in Trinidad in what police are reportedly calling a homicide. The Canadian government has confirmed the death, but officials say due to ...
Dec 3, 2017
Defence chief says cost will have bearing on selection of peacekeeping missions
OTTAWA - Canada’s top general says he is not in a rush to start sending Canadian peacekeepers out the door, and he indicated that money will a key consideration when officials sit down to look a...
Dec 3, 2017
Canada's Harvey races to sixth-place finish at cross-country skiing World Cup
LILLEHAMMER, Norway - Canada’s Alex Harvey put down another impressive sixth-place finish in the 30-kilometre skiathlon race on Sunday at the World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway. Harvey of St-Ferre...
Dec 3, 2017
Toronto FC train in fog Sunday, but MLS Cup final weather looks decent
TORONTO - With the MLS Cup final coming just 16 days before Christmas, snow and cold have been a concern. But Toronto FC woke up to a wall of fog Sunday. Players all but disappeared as they walked ont...
Dec 3, 2017
Injured veterans to learn whether lawsuit over disability pensions can proceed
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s treatment of injured veterans will be under the spotlight Monday when a B.C. court rules whether a landmark lawsuit filed by six disabled ex-soldiers can procee...
Dec 3, 2017
B.C.'s chief coroner denounces 'fear-based' fentanyl campaign by funeral home
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s chief coroner says the agency doesn’t endorse what it calls “fear-based initiatives” after a funeral home launched a campaign to combat the opioi...
Dec 3, 2017
Second no longer, Tina Weirather wins World Cup super-G in Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Tina Weirather finally stepped to the top of the podium in Lake Louise, Alta., with a victory in Sunday’s World-Cup super-G. The 28-year-old from Liechtenstein had been seco...
Dec 3, 2017
CVS bids $69 billion for Aetna amid health care changes
Drugstore operator CVS is making a $69 billion offer for insurer Aetna as it tries to position itself as a one-stop shop for Americans’ health care needs with prescription drugs, clinics and ins...
Dec 3, 2017
Canada's Boisvert-Lacroix wins gold in 500 metres at speedskating World Cup
CALGARY - Alex Boisvert-Lacroix needed to play the waiting game en route to a gold medal in the 500 metres at the World Cup speedskating event Sunday. Boisvert-Lacroix posted a time of 34.31 seconds i...
Dec 3, 2017
'Pep Time': Silva the saviour in another Man City late show
MANCHESTER, England - Maybe they’ll start calling it “Pep Time.” For the third time in a week, Manchester City left it late to secure a 2-1 victory in the Premier League and set a re...
Dec 3, 2017