Category Archives: Canadian Press

Calgary Stampeders re-sign trio just before free agency begins
While the real fireworks came after CFL free agency started on Tuesday afternoon, some notable names re-signed with their clubs just before they hit the open market. Most notably, receivers Eric Roger...
Feb 12, 2019

Tariffs take toll on whiskey exports in last half of 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Retaliatory tariffs caused a sharp downturn in American whiskey exports in the last half of 2018 as distillers started feeling the pain from global trade disputes, an industry trade ...
Feb 12, 2019
Minnesota governor sides with environmentalists on pipeline
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that his administration will keep pursuing an appeal of an independent regulatory commission’s approval of Enbridge Energy’s plan to ...
Feb 12, 2019

US expects record domestic oil production in 2019, 2020
The U.S. says domestic oil production levels will reach new heights this year and next, and that prices will be lower than they were in 2018. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday th...
Feb 12, 2019

Canucks trade 2020 draft pick to Rangers for goalie depth
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have addressed their goaltending shortage in a trade with the New York Rangers. The Canucks dealt a seventh-round pick in the 2020 draft to the Rangers on Tuesday in ...
Feb 12, 2019
New Jersey becomes first US state to take legal Oscars bets
LAS VEGAS - Perhaps you weren’t sure - or didn’t care - if Gisele Bundchen’s husband and the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl this month. But you know why “The Favourite...
Feb 12, 2019
UofT researcher honoured for discovering ancient queen through books alone
TORONTO - The University of Toronto is honouring one of its researchers who discovered a long-lost Mesopotamian queen using books alone. Tracy L. Spurrier, a PhD candidate in the department of Near an...
Feb 12, 2019
Volunteer discovers $4,000 inside donated book in Phoenix
PHOENIX - Thousands of dollars found inside a donated book has been returned to the former owner. KPNX-TV reports that volunteer Cathy McAllister was sorting books for a charity book sale in Phoenix l...
Feb 12, 2019

Call me by my new name: Balkan nation is North Macedonia now
Enter North Macedonia. The small Balkan country of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Greece and secures...
Feb 12, 2019

Look south: Study finds comparisons for future climate of U.S., Canadian cities
Wondering what your city’s climate will be like in a few decades? Look south - about 1,000 kilometres south, says an unusual new study published Tuesday. That’s the average distance betwee...
Feb 12, 2019