Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hurricanes earn wild 8-6 victory over Canucks
RALEIGH, N.C. - Trailing by three goals after two periods, the Carolina Hurricanes simply needed a spark. Then one third-period goal turned into another - and yet another - and suddenly, their huge ho...
Dec 13, 2016
University of Manitoba researchers launch clinical trial for Alzheimer's
WINNIPEG - A team of researchers from the University of Manitoba is testing an experimental treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The clinical trial is being led by Dr. Zahara Moussavi and will test the ...
Dec 13, 2016
Sexy Beaches? Florida lawmaker in suit over Pitbull contract
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Saying taxpayers have a right to know how much Pitbull has been paid to promote Florida tourism with the help of his song “Sexy Beaches,” a top state lawmaker filed a l...
Dec 13, 2016
Montreal Alouettes expected to promote assistant coach Reed to general manager
He’s been a player, an assistant coach and a head coach in the CFL. Now Kavis Reed will get to try his hand at being a general manager. According to a league source, Reed will be unveiled on Wed...
Dec 13, 2016
'Growing Pains' star and TV host Alan Thicke dies at age 69
Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, singer Ro...
Dec 13, 2016
Publicist: Actor Alan Thicke dies at age 69
Canadian Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, ...
Dec 13, 2016
Oscar winner shields Bergdahl interviews from US lawyers
LOS ANGELES - The federal government dropped its efforts to seize hours of unaired interviews an Oscar-winning screenwriter recorded with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mark Boal ha...
Dec 13, 2016
Police: Officer fatally shoots gunman near Baltimore campus
BALTIMORE - A police officer at Coppin State University in Baltimore shot and killed a man who had just fired at a moving car near that campus Tuesday evening, authorities said. The suspected shooter ...
Dec 13, 2016
Trudeau treats children at Ottawa hospital to advance Star Wars screening
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited patients from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to join him for an advance private screening in Ottawa of the new “Star Wars” ...
Dec 13, 2016
Edmonton conductor sad but happy he may have found frozen kitty's owner
EDMONTON - A conductor who saved and fell in love with a kitty that nearly froze to death under the engine of his train says he’s sad, but happy as well, that the cat’s owners may have bee...
Dec 13, 2016