Category Archives: Canadian Press
Raptors rout Warriors 113-93 without Kawhi to complete sweep
OAKLAND, Calif. - Minus their top player and with their coach still mourning his mother’s death two days earlier, the Toronto Raptors put an emphatic stamp on a season sweep of Golden State. The...
Dec 12, 2018
U by Kotex Sleek tampons recalled in Canada and the U.S., company says
IRVING, Texas - Kimberly-Clark is recalling regular absorbency U by Kotex Sleek tampons in Canada and the United States after reports of the tampons coming apart upon removal. The American company say...
Dec 12, 2018
Turkey train crash leaves 9 dead, dozens injured
ANKARA, Turkey - A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing nine people and injuring dozens, officia...
Dec 12, 2018
Flames pull out 6-5 victory over Flyers on Johnny Gaudreau's OT winner
CALGARY - Johnny Gaudreau’s overtime winner in a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers returned the Calgary Flames to first place in the NHL’s Western Conference. Trailing 5-3, Calgary&...
Dec 12, 2018
Package found at Toronto airport terminal not a threat, police say
TORONTO - Police investigating a suspicious package found at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport say the bag contained items for routine tests of security checkpoints. Peel regional police s...
Dec 12, 2018
Ottawa Fury FC says CONCACAF is seeking to bar it from playing in USL
Ottawa Fury FC says CONCACAF has moved to block it from playing in the United Soccer League in 2019. Mark Goudie, president and CEO of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group which is the Fury’...
Dec 12, 2018
US officials: China poses serious national security threat
WASHINGTON - Cyber threats from China and its theft of intellectual property from American companies pose large economic and national security challenges for the United States, national security offic...
Dec 12, 2018
Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test
MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers th...
Dec 12, 2018
Congress approves $400 billion for farmers, forests, poor
WASHINGTON - After months of debate and negotiation, Congress voted final approval Wednesday to a massive farm bill that will provide more than $400 billion for agriculture subsidies, conservation pro...
Dec 12, 2018
Canada says entrepreneur feared detained in China
TORONTO - A second Canadian man is feared detained in China in what appears to be retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei. The possible arrest raise...
Dec 12, 2018