Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trans-Pacific Partnership would give $4.3B boost to economy, federal study says
OTTAWA - A new federal government study projects that Canada would generate more than $4 billion in long-term GDP gains if it joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership - but stands to take a $5 billion-plus...
Sep 09, 2016
Bombers slotback Ryan Smith returns from injury list to face former team
WINNIPEG - Matt Nichols will have a new receiver to pass to in Saturday’s game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders as slotback Ryan Smith comes off the six-game injured list in time to play his...
Sep 09, 2016
Former world champion Sagan wins, Hesjedal finishes in pack, at cycling grand prix
QUEBEC - There was a big ovation when Ryder Hesjedal was introduced before the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec on Friday and more at the end, even if the Victoria native finished 20th in the gruelling o...
Sep 09, 2016
Wisconsin AG appeals ruling on 'Making a Murderer' nephew
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin’s attorney general on Friday appealed the overturned conviction of a man accused of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the popular Netflix series R...
Sep 09, 2016
After 53 years on the job, record-holding weather forecaster set to retire
HALIFAX - For the rest of this month, Peter Coade will be setting a world record every day. The 74-year-old Halifax-based weatherman has announced he plans to retire Sept. 30, more than three years af...
Sep 09, 2016
Legality of Yosemite park expansion disputed
FRESNO, Calif. - A U.S. lawmaker accused Yosemite National Park of breaking federal law by adding 400 acres for a wildlife preserve without clearing it through Congress, but federal park officials sai...
Sep 09, 2016
Imperial Oil looking at selling Norman Wells oil assets in Northwest Territories
CALGARY - Imperial Oil is looking at selling its Norman Wells oil assets in the Northwest Territories. The Calgary-based company says while a definitive decision has not been made, it recognizes the s...
Sep 09, 2016
California prosecutor to charge 7 officers in sex scandal
OAKLAND, Calif. - Seven current and former San Francisco Bay Area police officers will be charged in a sexual misconduct scandal involving a teenager who was later arrested in Florida in an unrelated ...
Sep 09, 2016
Impact backup goalkeeper Eric Krongberg to start against Philadelphia
MONTREAL - Goalkeeper Eric Kronberg knows just how important it is for the Impact to put their last game behind them. Montreal heads to Philadelphia to face the Union in MLS action on Saturday just th...
Sep 09, 2016
Toronto FC heads to Chicago after disappointing loss and bye week
Toronto FC has had a long time to process their last loss. The Reds (12-8-7), who play the Fire in Chicago on Saturday, are coming off a 1-0 loss to the Montreal Impact on Aug. 27 which snapped both t...
Sep 09, 2016