Category Archives: Canadian Press
Original Woodstock site to host 50th anniversary concert
BETHEL, N.Y. - A three-day music festival will be held in August 2019 at the original Woodstock concert site to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic event. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a...
Dec 28, 2018
A deep free-agent pool, Canada's Cup quest among NHL storylines for 2019
TORONTO - A group of stars primed to hit free agency, the potential first volleys in another round of labour unrest and the possibility of Canada’s first Stanley Cup winner since 1993 are among ...
Dec 28, 2018
Elizabeth May predicts she won't stand alone after the next election
OTTAWA - Finishing fourth in a byelection is not usually cause for celebration. But delight was in the air for Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada over their candidate’s fourth-place res...
Dec 28, 2018
Quebec's Pelletier leads 'farthest exploration of any planetary body in history'
MONTREAL - Frederic Pelletier is boldly predicting he and his team will get the New Horizons spacecraft exactly where it should be on New Year’s Day - 1.6 billion kilometres beyond Pluto to rend...
Dec 28, 2018
Apple trees from Isaac Newton's bring 'magic' to universities around the world
VANCOUVER - On a cold, sunny day in December, Jean-Michel Poutissou paused to admire the six apple trees that he once fought to save. Poutissou came to Vancouver in October 1972 when the trees on the ...
Dec 28, 2018
Roiled in oil: Alberta votes in 2019 as energy issues, Trudeau dominate debate
EDMONTON - The year 2019 will decide whether Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP gets to finish the job of getting more oil to market or become the first party in provincial history to be one and done. ...
Dec 28, 2018
Vancouver gets first licensed pot shop as B.C. lags behind other provinces
VANCOUVER - A licensed marijuana store is set to open in Vancouver as the number of legal pot shops in British Columbia still lags behind other provinces. Evergreen Cannabis owner Mike Babins said the...
Dec 28, 2018
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games (All Times Eastern) 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship At Vancouver Russia 4, Denmark 0 Canada 3, Switzerland 2 At Victoria Sweden 5, Slovakia 2 Finland 5, Kazakhstan 0 —...
Dec 27, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games (All Times Eastern) 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship At Vancouver Russia 4, Denmark 0 Canada 3, Switzerland 2 At Victoria Sweden 5, Slovakia 2 Finland 5, Kazakhstan 0 —...
Dec 27, 2018
Japan falls, other Asian stocks gain after Wall Street rally
BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets gained Friday while Japan edged down following Wall Street’s rally at the end of a turbulent week. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.4 per cen...
Dec 27, 2018