Category Archives: Canadian Press
US airlines expect Thanksgiving travel to rise 2.5 per cent
The nation’s leading airlines are confident they can handle higher Thanksgiving travel this year partly because more people have signed up for quick-screening programs that are designed to keep ...
Nov 2, 2016
Toronto FC feeling the love at home, but not getting much respect elsewhere
TORONTO - Coach Greg Vanney says it will be Toronto FC against the world Sunday when his team takes on New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. While Toronto holds a 2-0 lead going into Game 2 of the Easte...
Nov 2, 2016
'Zombies' in Rio groan, lurch at tourists along Copacabana
RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of Brazilians dressed as zombies dragged their rotting limbs on Wednesday while groaning and playfully lurching at tourists along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The...
Nov 2, 2016
UK PM Theresa May condemns soccer ban on remembrance poppy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May has condemned International soccer organization FIFA for its ban on players wearing Britain’s remembrance poppy, a symbol of the nation’s annual...
Nov 2, 2016
First Nations housing crisis will take a lifetime to solve: AFN regional chief
WINNIPEG - New federal money for First Nations housing is welcome but will not solve a monumental shortage for at least a generation, an indigenous leader said Wednesday. “I don’t see it h...
Nov 2, 2016
Poulin scores winner as Canada defeats Sweden 3-1 at Four Nations tournament
VIERUMAKI, Finland - Canada defeated Sweden 3-1 on Wednesday to set up a pair of showdowns with the archrival Americans at the Four Nations women’s hockey tournament. The first game will close o...
Nov 2, 2016
Vancouver Canucks send defenceman Troy Stecher to AHL's Utica Comets
MONTREAL - The Vancouver Canucks have assigned defenceman Troy Stecher to the AHL’s Utica Comets, the club announced Wednesday. The 22-year-old was called up from the minors last month and playe...
Nov 2, 2016
'We're leading the way:' Government to run on green power by 2025
CALGARY - The federal Liberals are promising to run all government operations on renewable energy within a decade, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday. Speaking in Calgary to the Can...
Nov 2, 2016
Canadian firms, pension managers see opportunities in infrastructure spending
MONTREAL - Canadian construction firms and pension fund managers see opportunities from increased federal infrastructure spending, even though projects approved in the last year have been slow to get ...
Nov 2, 2016
After fall update, Morneau embarks on sales pitch to sell infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister began the job Wednesday of selling his government’s new vehicle for building the country’s infrastructure - and, the Liberals hope, the economy - a...
Nov 2, 2016