Category Archives: Canadian Press
IAAF to look into 2014 world indoors for Russian doping
MOSCOW - The IAAF may reanalyze Russian samples from the 2014 world indoor track championships over suspicions that athletes who failed doping tests were allowed to compete. Messages between then-Mosc...
Dec 13, 2016
Federal cannabis task force green lights legal sales to teenagers
OTTAWA - Eighteen-year-olds should be allowed to buy recreational cannabis when the Liberal government launches a globe-leading social experiment in legalizing marijuana next year, a federally appoint...
Dec 13, 2016
Alouettes expected to name new general manager at Wednesday news conference
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are expected to name their new general manager at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. In a release Tuesday morning, the CFL team said it will make a “majo...
Dec 13, 2016
Niagara Falls lit up on dark winter nights
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - The nightly spectacle of Niagara Falls lit up after dark just got more spectacular. A $3 million upgrade saw the installation of 1,400 new high-tech lights called luminaires that...
Dec 13, 2016
Kanye West returns to Twitter to talk about Trump meeting
NEW YORK - Kanye West returned to social media for the first time since his hospitalization to talk about his meeting with Donald Trump. West wrote on Twitter that he met with Trump Tuesday to “...
Dec 13, 2016
Paris exhibit celebrates UNESCO heritage site of Palmyra
PARIS - Days after the Islamic State group seized back control of the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, a prescient exhibit was inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday that aims to educate the public on the wou...
Dec 13, 2016
A list of Canadians who ran into trouble abroad in 2016
TORONTO - Every year a number of Canadians and permanent residents find themselves behind bars in foreign countries - 2016 was no exception. Some cases have been called unjust, others are in the proce...
Dec 13, 2016
Electronics store employees pitch in to buy Nintendo for boy
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - Employees at a New York electronics store have come together to buy a Nintendo system for a boy who frequently plays video games there. The Best Buy employees are seen presenting...
Dec 13, 2016
Putin tries dog diplomacy before Japan talks over islands
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin tried a bit of dog diplomacy ahead of his trip to Japan, and then gave a glimmer of hope that a 70-year territorial dispute with Tokyo could be resolved. Japa...
Dec 13, 2016
Secret Santas paying tens of thousands in layaway balances
RIDLEY, Pa. - Two different Secret Santas have been paying off tens of thousands of dollars of layaway accounts at discount stores in Pennsylvania. A man who goes by the name “Santa B” has...
Dec 13, 2016