Category Archives: Canadian Press

Engineers give new meaning to the phrase 'cool clothes'
WASHINGTON - Engineers have created clothing for a warming world - a fabric that allows your body heat to escape far better than other materials do. It hasn’t been worn or tested by humans, so o...
Sep 01, 2016
Toronto Blue Jays bring back knuckleball specialist Josh Thole
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are bringing back catcher Josh Thole. The club announced Thursday that the knuckleball specialist has been signed to a major-league contract. Thole elected to become a ...
Sep 01, 2016

Canadiens owner Geoff Molson faces lobbyism-related fine for missing deadline
QUEBEC - Montreal Canadiens president Geoff Molson is facing a fine after failing to renew his company’s lobbyist registration on time. Following an investigation by Quebec’s lobbyist comm...
Sep 01, 2016
Power Move: Choi takes lead at LPGA Manulife Classic by driving through wind
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - South Korea’s Chella Choi was the only one ready for the wind. Choi shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Manulife Classic. ...
Sep 01, 2016

Driver of Jeep that killed Edmonton woman during event says vehicle took off
EDMONTON - The driver of a Jeep that hit and killed an Edmonton woman during an off-road demonstration at a charity event says the vehicle “launched” when he turned the key in the ignition...
Sep 01, 2016
Chinese canola import regulations solid until new deal is inked, says minister
SHANGHAI - Canada’s international trade minister says the rules governing shipments of Canadian canola to China will remain in place until both countries can reach a new agreement on acceptable ...
Sep 01, 2016
'Climbing or screaming:' Alberta woman recounts escape from abandoned well
REDWATER, Alta. - An Alberta woman says she has been sore and sleep deprived since she spent hours clinging to the sides of an abandoned well near Edmonton earlier this week. Trieva McBeth plunged mor...
Sep 01, 2016
Mexican president likely hurt by 'ill-advised' Trump meeting
MEXICO CITY - President Enrique Pena Nieto’s meeting with Mexico’s most-disliked man is turning into a public relations disaster for a leader already struggling with historically low popul...
Sep 01, 2016

Chicago police: August homicides highest in 20 years
Chicago saw its deadliest month in two decades in August, recording 90 homicides for the month, the city’s police department said Thursday. The last time the city recorded 90 killings in a month...
Sep 01, 2016
Final suspect in 1965 civil rights slaying dies in Alabama
The last of three men tried and acquitted in an infamous civil rights slaying in Alabama has died. An obituary says Namon O’Neal Hoggle of Selma, Alabama, died Tuesday. He was 81, and services w...
Sep 01, 2016