Category Archives: Canadian Press
Team Canada embraces win-or-bust mentality at World Cup of Hockey
Canada not only won the last battle for international hockey supremacy, but owned it. The Canadians rarely had to defend at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi because they hogged the puck so much. They spent ...
Sep 14, 2016
Polar bears vs scientists: Russians get emergency supplies
MOSCOW - It’s been polar bears versus Russian scientists on a remote island in the Arctic. A group of seven bears had besieged five researchers at a Russian weather station over the past few day...
Sep 14, 2016

As Suu Kyi visits, US announces lifting of Myanmar sanctions
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Wednesday the U.S. is lifting economic sanctions and restoring trade benefits to former pariah state Myanmar as he met with Aung San Suu Kyi, a former politica...
Sep 14, 2016

A closer look at each of the 23 players representing Canada at the World Cup
Canada will have a vastly different look at the first World Cup of Hockey in 12 years, as Joe Thornton is the only remaining member from the championship-winning 2004 roster. A closer look at the 37-y...
Sep 14, 2016
This device can read the pages of a book without opening it
Leave it to the great minds at MIT and Georgia Tech to figure out a way to read the pages of a book without actually opening it. A team of researchers from the two institutions pulled it off with a sy...
Sep 14, 2016

Reigning MVP Donaldson out of Blue Jays lineup for third straight game vs. Rays
TORONTO - Reigning American League MVP Josh Donaldson was still awaiting results from an MRI he had on his injured right hip when he first spoke to reporters about it on Wednesday. But the Blue Jays t...
Sep 14, 2016
Monfils ruled out of Davis Cup semifinal against Croatia
PARIS - Gael Monfils has been ruled out of France’s Davis Cup semifinal in Croatia this week. Coming off the U.S. Open semifinals, Monfils was hampered by a knee problem, the French Tennis Feder...
Sep 14, 2016

'Quite alarming:' Report finds skies quieter by 1.5 billion fewer birds
North American skies have grown quieter over the last decades by the absent songs of 1.5 billion birds, says the latest summary of bird populations. The survey by dozens of government, university and ...
Sep 14, 2016

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to visit Canada next week for talks with Trudeau
OTTAWA - Free trade may be a long way off, but next week’s visit of China’s premier is being viewed as a strong sign that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is succeeding in deepening Canada...
Sep 14, 2016

Chicago woman launches lawsuit against Canadian maker of app-based vibrator
TORONTO - An American woman has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian-owned maker of a smartphone-enabled vibrator, alleging the company sells products that secretly collect an...
Sep 14, 2016