Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quake from Mount Etna volcano jolts Sicily, sparks panic
ROME - An earthquake triggered by Mount Etna’s eruption jolted eastern Sicily before dawn Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, damaging churches and houses on the volcano’s slopes and p...
Dec 26, 2018
Kentucky man charged with throwing Christmas ham at woman
LONDON, Ky. - Authorities say a Kentucky man has been arrested after he threw a ham at a woman during an argument over which day Christmas dinner should take place. WAVE-TV reports that David Brannon ...
Dec 26, 2018
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NBA Milwaukee 109 New York 95 Houston 113 Oklahoma City 109 Boston 121 Philadelphia 114 (OT) L.A. Lakers 127 Golden State 101 Utah 117 Portland 96 — The Canadian Press
Dec 25, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NBA Milwaukee 109 New York 95 Houston 113 Oklahoma City 109 Boston 121 Philadelphia 114 (OT) L.A. Lakers 127 Golden State 101 Utah 117 Portland 96 — Wednesday’s Games...
Dec 25, 2018
UBC students want to build and study effectiveness of 'tree canopy' bus shelters
VANCOUVER - Students at the University of British Columbia are hoping to build bus shelters with environmental benefits. Tabinda Shah, a final-year urban forestry student, said she and several other s...
Dec 25, 2018
Kapanen, Leafs teammates excited to watch world junior championship
TORONTO - Kasperi Kapanen expects there will be some good natured chirping in the Toronto Maple Leafs locker-room when the world junior hockey championship begins on Boxing Day. Kapanen represented Fi...
Dec 25, 2018
CBP orders medical checks after second child's death
HOUSTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in...
Dec 25, 2018
B.C. residents affected by windstorms to have power by New Year's Eve
VANCOUVER - British Columbians will have electricity restored to affected areas by New Year’s Eve following Thursday’s windstorm, says an updated schedule from BC Hydro. According to the s...
Dec 25, 2018
Feds, Irving ask trade tribunal to toss challenge to warship contract
OTTAWA - The federal government and Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding are asking a trade tribunal to throw out a challenge to their handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy’s new...
Dec 25, 2018
Stubborn young beluga won't stay away from the Maritimes
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - A group of marine researchers says a young beluga whale is too attached to the Maritimes for his own good. Nepi, who’s estimated to be about four years old, was spotted in S...
Dec 25, 2018