Category Archives: Canadian Press
U.S. defeats Czechs in world junior hockey quarterfinal; Jack Hughes returns
VICTORIA - Jack Hughes was pleased to finally get back into the United States’ lineup and help contribute to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic on Wednesday in the quarterfinal of the world j...
Jan 02, 2019
Apple drops iPhone bombshell on already reeling stock market
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple acknowledged that demand for iPhones is waning, confirming investor fears that the company’s most profitable product has lost some of its lustre. The reckoning came in a le...
Jan 02, 2019
Michigan AG to review pipeline deal at governor's request
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan’s new governor and attorney general moved quickly Wednesday to review the legality of a contentious state deal to run an oil pipeline beneath a crucial section of the G...
Jan 02, 2019
Lord & Taylor flagship store locks its doors forever
NEW YORK - After 104 years, Lord & Taylor’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue locked its doors forever. The venerable department store famed for its animated holiday windows closed down Wednesd...
Jan 02, 2019
Ovechkin to skip NHL All-Star Game, be suspended 1 game
Alex Ovechkin will skip the NHL’s All-Star Weekend in San Jose to get some extra rest and serve an automatic one-game suspension. The Washington Capitals announced Ovechkin’s decision Wedn...
Jan 02, 2019
Swiss juniors upset top-ranked Sweden in world hockey quarterfinal shocker
VICTORIA - Switzerland is brimming with confidence at the world junior hockey championship after defeating top-ranked Sweden 2-0 Wednesday in a quarterfinal upset. Swiss netminder Luca Hollenstein shu...
Jan 02, 2019
Carrie Ann Inaba gets host gig on 'The Talk'
LOS ANGELES - Carrie Ann Inaba is no longer a temp on “The Talk.” The CBS daytime show announced Wednesday that Inaba has joined the panel of hosts, moving up from recurring guest host. &#...
Jan 02, 2019
Fourth federal riding falls vacant as PM poised to call three byelections
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to call byelections in three federal ridings within days and now he has a fourth vacant riding he may choose to fill at the same time. Sheila Malcolmso...
Jan 02, 2019
Canadian defender Easther Mayi Kith signs with France's Montpellier
Canadian defender Easther Mayi Kith, who played 89 career matches for West Virginia University, has signed with Montpellier HSC in the top French women’s league. The 21-year-old from Quebec City...
Jan 02, 2019
Peace bond hearing withdrawn for B.C. couple cleared in legislature terror plot
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man and woman who were cleared of terror charges due to RCMP entrapment are allowed to live freely for the first time in years after prosecutors dropped a bid to restric...
Jan 02, 2019